Those Words

All my life I have yearned to hear those words. The words slip off my fathers lips, that would echo in my ear, and penetrate my soul. The words that would liberate me from my pain, that was deep down in my heart. That at a young age grew from just a tiny seed, in to a mighty tree. That pain of sorrow that almost sprouted in to depression, because of those words I was missing, and urgently needed to hear. I have yearned to hear those words all my life, that I needed when I was going through thick and thin, when the sky's were gray, and it seemed as if my life was just drifting away. I yearned to hear those words, that every son needs, and wants to hear. I have waited all my life, praying and waiting for that moment to come. When the very words I yearned to hear, would echo in to my ear, and penetrate my soul. When from my fathers lips, those words would slip in to the air, and as if my ears were antennas, they would receive the message. That with the most plain-ness of ways to say, the words I love you, where the words I was waiting for all my life, that to this very day, I will cherish for ever. Because these words, I have only heard once, and don't know if I would ever hear them again.