When I need you most

Copyright © June 16, 2002 by Richard J. Sereday Jr.
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I called out from the darkness,
so scared and all alone,

reaching for your hand 
and waiting by the phone.

I called out from the darkness,
still looking for the light,

reliving all the pain
of seven years ago tonight.

Just another Father's Day,
and my heart be in this hell.

It was you that I needed
to pull me from this shell.

To help me sort out this confusion,
is why I cried to you,

but I guess what you heard in my crying
was that what we had was through.

So you abandon me
when I needed you most,
it is when you slipped away.

when I really needed your help
to sort out all this grey,

An empty hollow sound 
I've grown to know so well
echos down the hall once more.

The hall you help me fill
with laughter and glee,

if only for a moment,
when you did walk with me.

So now my blue skies
have turned so dark
because you've gone away.

Is that what you thought I ask for,
and is there no other way,

to help me solve my puzzle,
but to turn and walk away?

I think you know of my feelings for you,
more than I'll admitt to myself,

but the answer you found for me,
was to put your love up on a shelf

you see so deep into me,
but could not hear what I say,

as I cried out for your help,
so near this Father's Day.