It's not something you can warn someone about,

you don't really understand,

when you hear it you want to shout.

It's those little things, the empty chair,

silence where his raucous laugh would have been,

his absence in the air.

You're sure it can't be true,

You won't believe it,

there's no way that he'd just leave you.

You feel all swollen and tight inside,

no tears come to relieve you,

and when the dam breaks, you cry and then you cried.

The world still moves on,

You continue to live the way you did,

before your dad was gone.