Don't Go

I looked into this room
with cotton wool covered eyes
I trod the path you warned against
I always wondered why

As I grew, in more ways that one
querying everything for the first time
You'd stop me from doing lots of dangerous things
I never gave up the will to try!

As a teenager, I tried to carve out
my own sense of self identity
I ran away and rejected my past
But they remained a part of me

As a young woman starting out,
I thought I'd always live life my way,
Little did I know how much I needed you
We still have so much left to say

As a woman of twenty four,
I sit here trying to find the words to say
how much you have always meant to me
But all I can do is pray

I loved you when you helped me find my way
I loved you when I was lost not found
I loved you when you told me off
I loved you when you stood your ground

I loved you despite your failures
Even if I never told you so
I loved you, though I didn't say it enough
I love you Dad, please don't go