He was as he is now

A memory set to life

By the movie in my mind’s eye

I miss him

But hated how he left me

With a child who was barely a woman

And never the parent I needed

I understood long after

That his blood flowed within me

His ideas intertwined with my own

His vision opened my eyes

To the man I needed to be

And my understanding has changed

Grown up with the little boy

He left behind