Poem: Where's Daddy?

You turned around
And slowly walked toward me.
You reached your hands out,
Gripped my larger hand,
And looked up at me with young, innocent eyes.
Tears threatened to flow as a stream out from my eyes,
But I fought hard to hold them back.
I heard your young voice
And knew you're going to learn something.
You asked me,
"Mummy, where is Daddy?"

I did not know what to do,
But I had to tell you.
I told you everything
About your father, grandparents, uncles, and aunts.
I told you this,
"Daddy cannot come
Because Daddy is gone."

Your father, grandparents, uncles, and aunts have all died.
They all died in China.
They died because they wouldn't give up
Their spiritual beliefs.
Arrested and detained in jail,
Policemen tortured them to death.

Recently, I just received a box,
A box full of ashes,
My husband's ashes,
Your father's ashes.
I knew the policemen beat him to death.
And cremated his lifeless body.

Now I have told you where Daddy is,
It is time for us to travel around the world,
Tell everybody of the injustice in China,
And show the world what happened to Daddy
And what happened to our family.
Don't cry, my daughter.
Be strong
And together we can bring back justice.

Don't cry, my child.
Daddy is still with you.
He stays in your heart
And stands beside you all the time,
So he can be with his only child,
You.