Waldemar (Stan) Gerhard Irek 1927-1989

Waldemar (Stan) Gerhard Irek

Born: 16 September 1927 Chorzow, Poland.

Died: 03 April 1989

I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
To you, to tell you that I loved you.
To say what now must be one long,
unbroken cry Of pain,
now that at last you've gone away.

I cannot tell you what a joy it was
To be the one to tend you in your need.
The burden was a gift, for giving does
Not burden one who loves, though loving bleed.

I wish I could have been with you when you,
Perhaps aware, perhaps not, turned towards death
Alone, with no one there to wonder to,
To share your fear, your hand, your one last breath.

I wish, I wish, I wish . . . but it is done,
And now I must surrender what is gone.

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Father leave the door ajar !
and our family chain can re-link .

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