This was the day my father died
My world changed forever
Suddenly loss was at my side
The wall was breached
The incoming tide
Washed over me
And looking outside
The world seemed the same
And totally changed
And I a fatherless child
Down the pit when I was young
He hardly saw the shining sun
Like all miners enjoyed his pint
Especially on a Saturday night
Then lost his health and still so young
Then mum’s career of work began
And old age came and settled down
His Hindsford days a peaceful crown
And then his lungs gave out one day
And then he died
Today today
But now we hold his life together
And celebrate a loving father
I feel his nearness all the time
Fatherless days did not last long
Looks he gave and things he said
Forever here inside my head
And most of all his faithful love
Steadies me still on the road
Sadness lifts it goes away
My father’s love is here to stay
Brian Fahy
15 March 2022
Erris Poetry 