you weep because Earth no more holds
the comfort a loving soul creates for you,
you weep because there's one more empty space
where there used to be healing embrace,
you weep because you seek them
you call out their name
and get no reply; you feel no warmth
daddy, I think it makes me braver
that whoever has gone before us
creates another world for our homecoming
they probably run into each other's arms
in joyful tears
grandpa laughs jolly as his robust self again
they probably whisper to us in dreams
not to fear death, dying, or leaving this world...
daddy, I never got to meet grandma
I fear death less now
that I know we are exceedingly loved
in both worlds, here and hereafter.
I hear the breaking of you spirit
the cracking of your heart
the straining of your soul;
frighten me not with a frailty
you've not taught me of,
I will brave anything, overcome anything,
except be in a world without you
I am your daughter, I will follow my heart
right to wherever it leads
right to you.