Dad

"Dad" Is that a word that I can use for you? It's been a while since we had news from you Since your picture left the frame Dad It's been forever since I heard from you ...I mean forever since I heard from you I didn't even know you knew my name Dad You spelt it wrong but that's all right with me I never dreamed that you would write to me And then this invite just appears Dad I can't believe I'm in New York with you This time tomorrow I can talk with you! How can I catch you up on all these years? I got mostly bs and cs in my gcses I got measles, mumps and chickenpox and coeliac disease I slept with Alice Matthews who was in the year above (And for several weeks at least I was sure I was in love) Dad Have I held a candle high for you? Have I waited all my life for you? Should I feel the way I feel And Mum She never had a bitter word for you All my life I've heard of you Can it be that you're alive and real? Do you still have all your hair? Are you still a millionaire? Do you live in an apartment fifty stories in the air? Send a chauffeur-driven Bentley; lets go meet your future wife! I don't want to sound too keen But where have you been All my life? Maybe I can spend the day with you While the afternoon away with you At the wedding I could sit with you? 'chew the fat' and 'shoot the shit' with you? Maybe we could kick a ball together? Reminisce about it all together? Catch a game and grab a beer together Hug it out and shed a tear together Watching Terminator 2 together Eating chicken Vindaloo together Singing carols round the tree together Watching Terminator 3 together Grilling burgers till they're burnt together Sharing everything we've learnt together Think of all the time we've earnt together After all the time we weren't together Dad, I can't imagine what I'll say to you I've got a million things to say to you Can I take a breath and say to you ..."Dad"?