My Message To Daddy
Songfic (I Miss You Daddy 9/11 10 years, I will do a original version soon)
5 year old Emily
"It's been a year daddy! I Miss you daddy, I really, really Miss you!" I said before I ate.
Mommy was at the table with Serena and me.
"He is safe in a beautiful place called heaven." Mommy said with tears in her eyes.
"Where's heaven? I want to visit! I want to see daddy!" I said with hopefulness.
We were eating his favorite meal, I didn't like carrots but I ate them. I never got my question answered.
"If it matter's to you, I learned how to swim." I whispered. "I learned how to swim this summer." I said. Mommy nodded, thinking I was talking to her.
"I can even open my eyes when I am under water!" I said happily with a smile.
I wondered if he had cameras hidden around the house.
"Can you see me?" I asked the flower sitting on a little end table behind me.
"I miss you daddy!" I whispered.
"It's been 5 year's daddy." I whispered one night.
"I'm in 5th grade now. I really like computers, like you! But….Math is hard" I said. I was getting ready for bed. I never gave up the thought about the cameras. It was a way to cope with never knowing my dad.
"Mommy let's me sleep in one of your tee-shirts. See?" I asked the mirror in front of me directing the attention to the 'Best Daddy' tee shirt with Mine and Serena's handprints. I felt like he was still with me!
I sniffed the shirt.
"I think it still smells like you." I exhaled. I went over to my bed. I looked at where my nightlight would be.
"I don't sleep with the light on anymore." I whispered.
"I try hard not to cry daddy! But it's hard!" I said crying into my pillow.
"I really miss you daddy! Can you see me?" I asked before drifting off into sleep.
"It's been 10 years daddy." I said before entering my high school.
"I started high school! I made the honor roll! I hope your proud of me!" I said. I proceeded to enter the school.
A few hours Later
I got on the field.
"I also made the soccer team! Can you seem me on the field?" I asked looking up in the sky. I finally understood Heaven.
"I started thinking about college. Do you think I could be a doctor?" I asked.
"You can definitely be a doctor." Kelsey said coming up to me. I smiled.
A Few Hours Later
I was in my bed about to go to sleep. I was staring at a picture of me when I was little before my dad went on the flight. The flight to his death.
I was thinking about my wedding.
"I know you'll be with me when I walk down the aisle." I said.
"I try not to be sad" I studied his happy face as I was getting a ride on his piggy back.
"But it hurts" I said closing my eyes in pain.
I hope you know you're my hero
"I love you so much" I said with tears.
"Can you see me?" I said.
"I miss you daddy"
"I really miss you daddy!" I thought about from a while ago.
"I miss you daddy." I finished off.
Dedicated to all the families who lost someone in 9/11 and those firefighters who gave it all.
One question: Where have all our flags gone? Where are our flags that flew and waved? Where are the flags that is our symbol of freedom and pride? We had so many flags but now I only see 5 which I see all the time. Does America not care about that day when innocent lives were put at stake? Where are our Red White and Blue flags? Our Symbol? Our honor? We can not just forget about 9/11 and how we all came united to help one another. So where have they gone?