A Christmas Without You

I wrote this to describe how I felt when I got a locket my dad wanted me to have before he died. I found the locket under my Christmas tree my first Christmas without my dad.
A Christmas Without You
~~~By me

It was time to open presents,
On the morning of Christmas day,
I saw a gift labeled from dad,
And didn't know what to say.

No one said anything,
As I looked around the room,
"Open it," the said,
"You'll find out what it is soon."

I opened up the gift,
And my heart skipped a beat,
I looked up at my mom,
Slowly she let our eyes meet.

She told me my dad wanted me to have it,
To remember he's looking down,
I held my gift close,
As my heart began to pound.

The gift had been a locket,
With two pictures, one of me one of my dad,
I put the neckalace on,
And somehow I heard my dad tell me not to be sad.

By Taylor Rugg
Published: 12/5/2005 		Your Contributions: Tell us a Poem! You don't have to be a Buzzle.com author to contribute to Poetry Bee. Submit a poem of your own right now!
Read Comments (27) 
When you lose someone and you spend your first famly holiday without them, what is theat feeling you feel?
horrible cuz they aren't there
good cuz you know that they're in a better place
you can't describe the feeling you feel cuz there is no word for it
You feel alone cuz you always had them and now you don't this time
You feel the feeling you get when somethings missing
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