If God would ask me one thing, just one thing,
I would ask for my father to return to me,
To bring him back, just for a moment,
So I could hold him once more,
Feel the warmth of his love that I lost too soon.
He left when I was too young to fully understand,
Too young to grasp the depth of what it meant,
To lose someone who was everything to you
A protector, a teacher, a constant,
A presence that anchored me in a world that could feel so uncertain.
The day he left, a part of me went with him.
I still remember the silence that filled the room,
The quiet I didn’t know how to fill,
The emptiness that grew inside of me
Where his voice, his laughter, his strength used to be.
I was just a little girl,
And my heart broke in ways I couldn’t yet name.
I didn't understand the finality of it,
The way time would stretch endlessly between us,
The way I would never again feel the safety of his arms, Never hear the sound of his reassuring voice, Never see the twinkle in his eyes when he smiled.
As I grew, I learned how to live without him,
How to smile when my heart wasn’t ready,
How to keep going when the weight of missing him was unbearable.
But there’s a part of me that never learned how to move on,
A part of me that is still that little girl,
Still wishing, still hoping, still waiting for him to come back.
The world has changed so much,
But there are moments, still, when I close my eyes and I can almost feel him near. It’s the briefest sensation, like a shadow in the corner of my mind, But it’s enough to make my heart ache with longing. I want to tell him everything I’ve experienced, Everything I’ve faced without him.
I want him to know how much I miss him,
How much I still need him, even after all these years.
I would give anything, anything at all,
To have just one more moment with him,
One more hug, one more word of advice,
One more chance to say “I love you.”
To see his face, to hear his laugh, to feel the strength of his presence once more.
I’ve learned to carry on,
To face the world without him,
But the hole he left inside of me is something I cannot fill.
I miss him with a depth that words cannot capture.
I miss the way he made me feel safe,
The way he was my hero, my guide, my everything. Now, all that’s left are memories,
Fading fragments of a time that was too short, A time that was stolen too soon.
If God would ask me one thing,
I wouldn’t ask for wealth, or success, or anything material.
I would simply say, “Bring my father back to me."
Not to erase the pain, but to heal the wound
That has never truly closed,
To let me feel his love again, To let me feel whole again.
I miss him so much,
More than I ever let on,
More than I could ever explain.
I wish, more than anything,
That I could hear his voice one more time,
That I could rest my head on his shoulder,
And just for a moment, feel like everything is okay again.
If God would ask me for one thing,
I would ask to have him back,
Just for one more dance, one more conversation, One more chance to hold his hand and feel his love. Because the truth is,
I will always be that little girl who needs her father,
And no matter how much time passes,
I’ll never stop thinking about him