on 27 november

today's my father's birthday another time to weep
remembering the years when i was child and youth
i think of him now in the eternal dreamless sleep

today's a day for memory the promises that i keep
and those i do and will not for the sake of truth
today's my father's birthday another time to weep

time with its usual craft has come to smile and creep
at all the memories what it leaves alas is ruth
i think of him now in the eternal dreamless sleep

but all i rue is the long unsaid silence's price is steep
now it will not be paid as to what was said forsooth
today's my father's birthday another time to weep

the passage of time creates an abyss that's truly deep
to find its bottom its true end would take a sleuth
i think of him now in the eternal dreamless sleep

my thought now is a great mansion into each room i peep
recalling scenes attending to a voice that was ever couth
today's my father's birthday another time to weep
i think of him now in the eternal dreamless sleep