Dancing With My Daddy

My dear departed,

You knew things

that you never told.

A person lived inside you,

who only found life,

when you danced.

Danced and danced,

with your children 

to music that gave you life and joy.

As I glance back,

I see the hook and crook,

of your love,

Another glance, see a moment

bespoke to you

the mischievous glimpse,

That I wish to see again,

I am longing for your dance of joy,

A tree of life, no longer climbed or vaulted.

A tree that dancingly spread its seed,

And tossed out branches and leaves,

Into the fern gully of your dreams daddy.

For that was it,

A life dreamed, realised in

a scribbled scrap that amounted to:

Hard work and love.

That person inside you

Came to life with your love for us and for music.

Now I understand and see it,

In myself, I'm your dream realised,

A blessed child, 

who knows it now in her fruit.