The last gift you gave me

Was small and beautiful

Like the hands you held

Like the children I thought you loved

 

It is made of gold

With hearts intertwined

Like our hands during a drive

As you sang old country songs 

 

It stays with me always

Like the memories of us

Father and children

Love and life

 

When I take it off

I can see the dent in my finger

Like the emptiness you left behind 

In the people who loved you more than you would have ever believed.