I Have Seen

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    My father, who is over 80 years old, suffers from macular degeneration, a progressive eye disease where the end result is blindness. He has already lost vision in one eye, and we received a bad report this week on the other eye. I wrote this poem for him as a gesture of love and sadness for him, but also as a reminder of all the wonderful things he has been blessed to see over the years. If you have a spare moment, please say a prayer for his eyes.

    I Have Seen

    I Have Seen

     

    As I look back on my life

    I never must forget

    For more than thirty thousand days

    I have seen the blazing sunset.

     

    What a miracle, I thought

    As I hummed a little tune

    Because for just as many nights

    I have gazed up at the moon.

     

    I’ve witnessed brilliant streaks of lightning

    Watched a million flowers bloom

    I’ve seen the faces of my loved ones

    And how their smiles light up a room.

     

    I’ve been awed by mountains’ majesty

    Watched the roll of ocean waves

    Walked in a wonderland of snowflakes

     Seen tears flow by many graves.

     

    I’ve watched my children’s children grow

    Then start families of their own

    I’ve seen the fruits of my hard labor

    Emerge from seeds that I have sown.

     

    I’ve seen birds soar across blue skies

    Marveled creatures of the sea

    So much beauty in this world

    That God has shared with me.

     

    For my Daddy

    Julie Conerly Votolato 10/02/11

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    StandingBear commented on I Have Seen

    11-09-2011

    A beautifully written work you've created honoring the wonderful love you have of your dad. Great write.
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    Poetry is either something that lives like fire inside you or else it is nothing, an empty formalized bore around which pedants can endlessly drone their notes and explanations.

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