My Father's Life

My father’s life is bigger
Bigger than the pain that I’m feeling now
His love of life has moved me
Even here at the end he’s holding on somehow
And even in his helplessness, his silence
And his sometimes far off stare
I believe his spirit’s sailing through the dark
To a better place somewhere

My father’s life is painted in the
Faces of the many who have come to grieve
In a world he colored gently with his teaching
And how they’ll miss him as he gently leaves
And even in his helplessness, his silence
And his sometimes far off stare
The beauty of his life is not diminished
Just another color there

My father’s life is folded in the
Pages of the stories that he’ll leave behind
With humor and humility
So tightly woven beautifully in every line
And even in his helplessness, his silence
And his sometimes far off stare
He tells me that he loves me
Helps me to be braver than I’d ever dare

© James Hersch/Whitewater Music