Looks like I failed you again

though that’s never how you would’ve put it

That pressure always came from me

trying to live up to what you would’ve wanted

and always falling just a little short

I was harder on myself than you were

So here I am about to depart for

something you treasured in some way

You tried to build your own next generation

when it seemed like I’d never spread those wings

and now I couldn’t even keep it going in your absence

As we try to carry on your traditions

not everyone is here you would’ve wanted

and though you never would’ve forced it on ne

I know it was my job to hold it all together

but that proved to be beyond me yet again

Once again your shoes are something I could never fill

and I don’t have it in me to keep trying