To a father gone away

Where do the memories go

When you are laid to rest

Beyond the vail of life

On earth

What is made of the thoughts to call

To say I love you

What happens to these feelings

With the last has taken all

A father gone away

In the depths of memory now

To the hole that remains

Ever present

Never to forget

Only to heal to know

When the heart must go forward

In love and solitude

With a father gone away