Thank you for forgiving  Hurtful things I've done as a child  Adolescent or woman  Thank you for embracing a flaxen-haired baby  Although I'm aware you had doubts  I guess anybody'd have had doubts    Please be at peace father  I'm at peace with you  Bitterness isn't worth cling to  After all the anguish we've all been through    Thank you for the mountains  The lake of the clouds  I'm picturing you and me there right now  As the crystal cascades showered down    Strange to feel that proud, strong man  Grip tightly to my hand  Hard to see the life inside  Wane as the days went by  Trying to preserve each word  He murmured in my ear  Watch part of my life disappear    Father, thanks for reaching out and lovingly  Saying that you've always been proud of me  I needed to feel that so desperately  You're always alive inside of me  Now you're shining like  A sunflower up in the sky  Way up high