Poetry and Creative Writing for All

Candice Toby

Hi,  I'm 24 years old, I've always had a love for poetry and but never really wrote anything my self..

After losing my Dad last year, it was suggested that I wrote down my thoughts and feelings and before I knew it I was writing poetry for him.

Please see a few I have wrote attached.

I look up at the sky at night
searching for your face in the starry light
I think to myself how lucky I was
to of had you as my Dad
My Hero the boss !

The things I'll always remember the most
T-Boy, Fry ups - too much butter on your toast!
Smiling, laughing, your fine golden hairs
gave us your love and showed us you cared.

Never one time with you was ever bad
you really were the best dad i could of ever had

We'd play fight and tease all the day long
played games, watched TV and listened to your song
You were proud of me when you came to my shows
told me I looked pretty with my hair tied in bows

i remember Saturday mornings we'd walk to the shops
Newspapers, stickers and lollipops
Mum would shout oh get me that and this
you would say I'll forget all that write me a list
Down the road and up the street
holding hands, moving our feet
I know how much you loved me and us
you gave us all kisses and always made a fuss

so i'll smile when i think of you
remember everything you used to say and do
my life without you will be very hard
but i will always have these memories forever in my heart.

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6 Months

6 months since you’ve been gone
For some reason it doesn’t feel that long
I cry everyday, because I miss u so
Some days I want to scream because I feel so low

You really were a wonderful dad
The best anyone could of ever had
Your still in my prayers , my thoughts and dreams
The house, it feels empty and split at the seams..

No regrets is what I’ve always said
If the truth be told everyday thousands run though my head
Wish we’d done this or whish we’d done that
Played sport, hung out, be together and sat.

I envy people who still have their dad
i can’t help it , I know that its bad
I just wish you were here so I could hold your hand
Go on holiday and play in the sand

I love you so much and I always will
I’m glad I’ve told u how I feel..

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Frustrated and confused

I find myself searching internet sites
Looking for answers to why it hurts so much
Persuading myself its ok to cry
But knowing it’s still impossible to say good bye.
Telling people I’m fine when I’m not
Crying alone because everyone else has forgot
Staring at nothing for hours on end
Thinking that I’m going round the bend...
Talking to myself but asking for you
Are all these things normal that I do?

Can you hear or even see me?
Please can you help me fight this misery?
Everything I do I’m thinking of you
Wishing and praying that you are too
Remembering giving you a cuddle
Remembering how when you were ill you were in a muddle
always thinking that this can’t be true
Not wanting to feel so blue

Feeling guilty for not always being there
Cursing God saying life is unfair
Fighting the tears is all I do
Whenever my heart thinks of you
Wanting to see you, be with you for one last time
Hold your hand and you hold mine
Want to laugh with you like we always did
Muck around and act like a kid
My heart is literally torn in two
I wish that I could be with you..

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Can't believe that you've gone..

Finding it difficult to fall asleep
Tried everything even counting sheep
Dark circles are drawn under my eyes
desperately need some sleep I sigh

Feel the lump form in my throat
Someone help me I cant cope
Thinking of how you must have been feeling
laying still staring up at the ceiling
not knowing that you were that sick
didn't realise that you would go so quick
Praying and hoping that your not still in pain
Tears falling, it feels like rain
Still wonder how it came to this
How I wish that I could give you one last kiss

One day we will re-unite then I can cuddle you all through the night
Thinking about you always dad

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Submission Guidelines: Poems of no more than 30 lines in length each will be considered.