Longing for Papa
I long for you again, father.
I want to hear your voice, slurry as it was
in those dying moments.
I want to see you again, and watch you smile when I win.
I long to listen to you speak, spewing wisdom in jokes and laughter.
I hear your voice in my head
like the night before you left,
like you saying thank you again and again.
If wishes were horse,......