Have you seen my Daddy?
I don’t know where he’s gone.
Sometimes it hurts so much
I can’t seem to carry on.
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I hear he doesn’t look quite the same.
He doesn’t need much rest.
The IV and medications are all gone;
In fact, he looks his best.
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Is he playing tag with his parents
In that place way up high?
Or is he napping in God’s garden
Where the beautiful in hammocks lie?
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Some say he is always watching.
I hope this to be true
And that one day he’ll return to me
And say, “I’ve come for you.”
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Have you seen my Daddy?
I imagine he’s doing okay,
Though it hurts to know
I can’t call him every day.
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I really miss my Daddy.
I wasn’t ready to say goodbye.
It will never be the same.
Years from now, I know I’ll cry.
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I bet God is with my Daddy,
Wrapped up in His arms,
Sheltered from all illness and sorrow,
Keeping him from harm.
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I bet he sees us mourning
But would want us to smile
And tell us our time part
Is only a little while
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I’ll never quite understand
Why your time here was so small,
But you said you’ll always be there
To catch me when I fall.
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I miss you so much, Daddy,
But I hope and pray
That when it’s my time, you’ll come for me.
I’ll see you again someday.
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I guess it was meant to be
That your work here on Earth was done.
Now your life in paradise
Has only just begun.
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Tears that I weep and prayers
Will hopefully travel very far
To reach my loving daddy
Sitting among the stars.
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In loving memory of my hero, Abelardo C. Caburnay 1946-2013