Here "A Song for Kellen" - By Sheldon Aucoin

Here "A Song for Kellen"
By Sheldon Aucoin
 
There's a night light in the hallway
in case he needs to see
There's a storybook laid out for him
his favorite one to read
There's an old man in the study
with a picture in his hand
of a young boy and his daddy
the two were best of friends
 
And he lies awake at night
afraid to dream
Afraid to go back to that day
when he lost everything
And he hears a voice beside him
softly say "Hey Dad!" How've you been?
 
He just smiles and he says to him
I'm still Here, I'm still Here
I'm still right where you left me.
 
As he watches in the shadows
He can hear his daddy pray
And he's asking why the good Lord
Had to take his boy away.
And if only for a moment
he could hold him once again
he would offer up his final breath
to be with his best friend.
 
So he slips away that night into a dream
that takes him to the day
when he had everything
And he hears a voice beside him
softly say "Hey Dad!" How've you been?
 
He just smiles and he says to him
Now I'm Here, Now I'm Here
Now I'm Here right with you.



  

Video Description:  A father loses his son at a very early age. He was just 7 years old. He
is devastated. His love for his son is so powerful that he creates an altered reality in which his son is still in the house. So he carries on his life as usual. Turning down his covers, getting his favorite story book out and turning on the night light in the hall way every night. He lives out the rest of his life like this until he becomes an old man. The boy`s love for his dad is so great that his spirit has stayed in the house to watch over his dad. One night the old man prays to God to have his son with him again, and that night the old man dies.
He is then reunited with his boy......This is a story about Eternal Love!!!

*************************
"Here" was written a few years ago, but it now has become a song to honour and remember a local boy from the author's hometown.

Kellen Barry Surette:  February 8, 2006 - September 11, 2013