You were never there when my dad died
You were never there when I lost a friend
You were definitley weren’t there the night of my graduation
You were never there when my mom got put in jail
You were never there when I got my first job
My first apartment
My first kiss
You were never there when I got married
You were never there when my kid was born
You were never there when my son went off to war
You were never there for his funeral
You were never there when my wife died
You were never there when I had my stroke
You never rushed to the hospital to see me
Where I am now
Dying
In this hospital bed and next to me
Is an empty space
Which you will never fill
When I die
God
Please
Please
Please
Please
Be there