Requiem

I cannot do it yet,
But one day, I will.
One day,I promise.
I can't get enough breath
To sing it for you.
Loss chokes my voice
Before the notes are formed.
One day when I can hear those melodies
Without desperation,
Without feeling my heart crushed in my chest,
I'll sing it for you.
It will be my requiem,
For all I have lost.
Not just a father,
A friend.