streetslights glow above me

lighting up this street when the world isnt

like how my dad was my world

he lit up each day

until one day my knight was replaced with night

they all pitied me, some only saw fright

but they threw condolences my way

never once did they care about what life he lived

the life he brought

but i was his witness

that he once shone

and now, seeing this glow

i know each light is a reminder

of every star that fell

but came a new one that lights us up

on this dark, dark winter night