Time has never moved as fast

I used to reach up to grab your hand

Now I look down at you

As my childhood nears its end

Time has never moved as fast

I stood looking for you in my tutu

I always curtsie low toward you,

I find you when I hear you scream ‘Madi Lou’

Time has never moved as fast

You always told me to learn

As much as I can

So when I sit in my dorm, I yearn

Time has never moved as fast

As when I used to crawl into your lap

Now that I’ve grown too tall

I still crawled into your lap

Time has never paused

Until mom called me

Her voice breaking, for the first time,

Telling me you’re gone.

As I got ready to see you for the last time

I wondered if you would have thought I was pretty.

It wasn’t until I looked down at you, I realized

Time had never passed so slowly.

*I miss you every day Pap*