Papa Sent You to Me

Papa Sent you to Me

Papa sent you to me.
Papa who promised
I would one day marry
In his backyard.
Papa who never cared
Who I married
As long as I was happy.
Papa who moved
Before it could happen.
No more a backyard
To marry in.
Papa who promised
Not to leave,
Until I found
The one who would stay.
Papa sent you to me.
Papa who lay
So long in the bed,
Stroked out,
Practically dead,
Holding on
To a promise he made
Years before.
Papa who I chose
To remember
The way he was,
Then they tricked me
And as I saw him
Lying there.
I leaned down
And whispered
So only he could hear,
“I let you out of the promise;
It’s time you went home.
I love you always,
In this life,
The last,
And the next.”
Papa sent you to me,
For whatever that means,
For however long,
It’s way more than right
That we belong!

Maureen M Huggins
03/02/2010