Tribute to my dad... Dr. Roger Sabongi

No, you are not gone
I will carry you in my heart for ever
This heart that was born to love, worship and adore you...
This heart who never knew a greater love than yours...

No, I will not cry, why should I? You never left …
You simply live in me, within my soul…
You are looking at life through my eyes and am looking at it through your own conceptions, believes and noble principles.

You taught me everything I know, how to fight, how to win and above all how to rise after each fall
So, how can you be gone if you are incarnated in my everyday struggle?
If every day I breathe the life that you gave me
If everything I do, I do it your way

You are the way, the faith that empowers me
You are my confidence, my strength, my pride

No, you are not gone, I know, I am certain that your spirit is right by my side, guiding me through

We are the perfect team, the best friends, the partners, the fighters.
We are “The Lions”

Yes our talks may have ceased but who needs to talk when our thoughts and believes are inter-winded?
We are the same exact version

We don’t need to talk, we communicate

Wherever you are, we shall remain close, linked by this sacred everlasting bond that neither distance nor fate can ever break.
This bond that ties the heart of a dad to his little girl’s one

No, you are not gone, my hero, my angel, my first and last love.
You are here with every step I make, pushing me forward like you always did... Believing in me, backing me proudly

I am who I am because of you...

No, you did not leave, you never did, you never will
You just did what you do best, lead the way…
And I will follow just as you have always said...
When I’ll be ready
As always, you will patiently wait for me...
For our eternal “Rendez vous”

.........................................................................MONA R. SABONGI