Longing...

(Dedicated to my late father who passed away when I was 3 years old.  He would have been 89 today)
 
I long to see your eyes
To know what's in your heart
Where those eyes may be
They must be looking down at me.
 
I long for your embrace
Your cheeks touching my face
To wipe away my tears
During my moments of fears.
 
I long for you to be with me
When life's joys are bounty
When heaven on earth surrounds
When God's grace abounds.
 
I long for you to carry me
Like a child, free of misery
Come and hold my hand
Guide me as I walk through the sand.
 
I long for you to look at me
And say that you love me
A father knows best
For a child and all the rest.
 
Why on earth God took you away?
Left me longing for you with great dismay?
Heaven must be in need
Of a father like you, I mus say.
 
Papa, I shall see you someday
Heaven is not that far away
Longing for you, please allow me
Longing for each other, so must we...