Fade Away
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Behind every great daughter is a truly amazing father.. .
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The bright light was just beautiful, I saw dad disguised in illusions
Reciting the blueprint of a Nike commercial - Michael's 'Just Do It'
He was only nine or ten too, the TV seemed shiny and new
A Panasonic twenty two inch with a satellite giving boosts
Signaling a tiresome youth; Trials, tribulations, all entirely due
Why would you silently mute a quiet teen who finally grew?
You can rightly assume the marathon to be like his idol ensued
College is moot, he's too tall to dispute basketball is his route...
Don't think there's time to preview everything it ought to include
I watched every crucial last second buzzer beating shot on a loop (there was 8)
No topic's taboo, dad never stayed in an ominous mood
I'm his favorite daughter, do we need to make it an obvious clue?
I am popular, cool; Natalia, Capri and Bianka are doomed
I'm thirteen, of course I think my dad is more awesome than you...
Talking to who?
I sense a cruel foreboding that consciousness looms
I feel one arm and a tooth, and one beat my heart can't recoup...
I'm trying to move... Looking up I see the sky isn't blue
Uncertain what we collided into, all I recall is a mind-bending oof
Blind in a plume of smoke, it's hard to see the positive side of a fluke
Can't spot Ara Zobayan, the best helicopter pilot I knew...
I recall the ride with my crew, Aly & Pay beside me like usual
Hormones firing through, discussing boys that our eyes have perused
A diet of fruit, fish and vegetables stimulate this minor league group
An unfortunate side effect to us thirsty dehydrated goofs
Our Sikorsky chopper flew the players; families we'd invite 'em in too
Luxury cruise, pasta noodles and dad saying, "Eat your vitamins, boo"
Me and my girls enthusiastically know our arrival's at noon
Mamba Ballers will rule & bring home a basketball title from school!
Light rain in view as we circled a minimized L.A. Zoo...
Skyline white as glue, dad mused, "Why are we climbing so soon..."
Heard a spiked decibel while gaining altitude, saw a light then a boom
My mind just got bruised, minus minutiae I saw my life in review:
I'm older as I drive to the hoop and hypnotize them with moves
Best league player in the WNBA, every single guy in pursuit
Dad walked me down the aisle, my groom watched his bride-to-be swoon
Being a wife was a shoe in, plus there was a child to boot!
A boy.
In his eyes were pursuits plus his smile was cute
If I'm defining the truth I'd say he reminds me of you...
Then irony cued, that's when the details of your crime get aloof
You mentally withdrew to where the vilest human might never stoop
A sizeable humiliation; Nothing pans out with optional zoom
You stayed honorable - You were the best dad a daughter could choose
I remember you lifting me high like when you retired in June
From a tight-knit community; In your arms I could fly to the roof!
Call me Gigi or Gianna, in two ways I'm a hybrid of you
You're a giant entombed; No one can deny that your island was proof
Your soul expired prior to being Covid virus immune (what's that?)
Broken violently, no one assumed Kobe Bryant could lose...
People cried as Harbor Day School retired
my number 2
Saw the WNBA draft me... that's when I got confused...
What does 'posthumous' mean? That night I was prime in the news
Giving timed interviews I always thought I had the right to refuse
Dad you always said if you could you would buy us the moon
Said if we stop and duly smell the roses then violets would bloom
My Superman.
I never knew the damage blunt force trauma could do
I saw my momma at funerals... but um, why are there two...?
The scene's rewinding; dad's body ignited in fuel and fried to a prune
As the fire consumed you I realized my future had died in it too...
Saw your profile on the horizon, waiting in the whitest of rooms
Enticing me to it... I felt safer than being right in mom's womb
We began rising... It's truly as if your height had improved
I felt your loving caress as you hugged me tightly then-- Poof.
It's as if a halo had lowered into an enlightened round noose
Tying loose ends.
Like someone knew I can't live life without you...
Let's go, Dad.
We got this.
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