I Miss You Dad Poem by Priya Patel

He cries silently

His tears watering

the moist soil

where a part of him

lies buried



I shiver from the rain

of his tears

as they dropp to the ground

A sadness assails me

as he reads from the Quran



Down on his knees,

he sinks his fingers

into the cold damp soil

Deep in the ground

a father reaches for his son



I weep softly for them;

for the pain they endured

for the hands unreachable

and for the love between

a father and his son



Together, we plant

roses and tears

He whispers softly

through a cloud of hurt,

I miss you dad...