the other day
when I got the call
I never wanted to ever have to answer
I crumpled
to the floor
and disintegrated, broken
in just a moment
my world had turned upside
and I had to remind myself to breathe
as I was struggling
to reach out for
my life jacket
to lift me up above
the swell of this
raw grief
I thought of
you, first
and dialed your number
nervous for you
to hear my honest pain
in this raw moment
you answered
and listened to me cry
and in that moment I knew, Dad
you will always be
my first call every time, now
when life throws good and bad my way
for when
I don’t have the words
yet
you’ll just sit with me
and listen to
me cry
there is no safer shore
on this spinning earth of ours
than in your harbor
I am grateful
for every time
you’re there
when the tears ebb
and my words return
we talk
and I tell you
all that’s on my heart
and you listen so well
you will always be
my first call every time, now
when life throws good and bad my way
for when
I don’t have the words
yet
you’ll just sit with me
and listen to
me cry
there is no safer shore
on this spinning earth of ours
than in your harbor
