For My Dad

On April 24th, at twenty past noon,
In two-thousand-one, you passed too soon.
Your gentle heart, your steady hand,
Built a love that will always stand.

Your smile, your voice, in my heart stay,
Guiding me softly through each day.
Though gone from sight, you’re never far,
My dad, my light, my guiding star.

Paolo Driussi.