This is a poem I wrote for him on March 18, 2005 and was placed out at his funeral
I don't know how to put in words how I feel. Some things
unexplainable, no matter how real.
Day after day, the memories run through my head, never does a day
go by when you are not in my head.
Memories last forever, never do they die. Good friends stay together,
And never say goodbye.
You're my best friend, my inspiration, my hero. That'll never change,
the fading time is zero.
Although this may not make sense, to me it does. How I express my
feelings you may not understand.
But when I was little, my life changed when you took my hand. Some
people express themselves by crying, screaming, or fear. But how I
express myself, no one can ever feel.
For it's something only I can feel...while I write it with my hand.
My heart tells my head, and my head tells my hand,
And one after another, they move as smoothly as sand.
So as I sti and write this, I'll tell you it's all true...
I don't know what I would've done...
If I didn't have you.
I love you, Pa!
Love, Squeaky