yesterday, Dad, one more yesterday

Yesterday, I was born
A daughter to start the clan
Produced by you and your young bride

Yesterday we were living a hard life
Not knowing how poor we were
Because we were rich in so many ways.

We roamed the hillside and explored the caves
Climbed the beeches, worked as hard as we played.
Could we have known then how soon it would end?

Yesterday you packed your lunch and walked to work
The drudgery of the coal mines
You said it got in your blood.

Yesterday you buried your little girl
The baby of the family of seven
After that things were never the samne.

It was like the unveiling of Adam
In a way I believe. You bury a child
You are never innocent to pain again.

Then Mom left you, and your family was splintered
We kept coming back to your door
But it was not the same, we could never call Her "Mom"

She closed the door, you turned the key
It was so hard to understand.
The pain and the anxiety attacks kept me away.

I tried Dad I really did. My siblings did too
And I really dont think you could see.
How much we ached to spend more time with you. 

Yesterday as a child of 49, I drove right on home
Never stopped to see you although I live 400 miles away.
It's not that I didn't care, it was just so hard.

When the call came that you were gone,my anguish was overwhelming
Brought me to my knees, broke my heart in two.
And all I could think was of all the yesterdays, 
I could have had with you.