After Life

It had been a long time
since I could run my errants
or fetch dad to the supermarket
as I did today.
Before you left for better days
I had given you all of my life,
which I have no regret,
if I could just hug you again.

And today you made me understood,
you had set us both free
and that life should not be frightening
after all.
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4 October 2005
(revised 2 August 2006)