TO MY DAD

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    i wrote this for my dad who had just lost his mother. his dad died several years before. so, through all his hardness, i can't help but think that he had to feel something. who knows? but we never did get close until he retired. then he died.

    TO MY DAD

     i woke up this morning
    with a tear in my eye.
    thinking about the day before.
    slowly, i began to cry.
    God,
    what will i do
    when my parents are gone?
    i'm sure when he heard the news
    for a moment, my father felt alone.
    i depend on them so much
    for my life everyday
    how will i act or live
    when they are gone away?
    sometimes when they are away from home
    and i sit
    in the quiet of the day
    i feel like a child, alone.
    so small and unable to play.
    my Dad and me
    are not very close.
    we never really talked
    when i was young,
    he took me hunting.
    i felt so prowd as we walked.
    i remember, i used to look up at him,
    and wish he would show his love.
    the wink of an eye,
    the squeeze of a hand,
    a gentle pat on the back.
    softly, i sighed.
                                         steve 1988

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    MarionYost commented on TO MY DAD

    12-09-2009

    This one's heartbreaking. Great write! Hope everything's okay on your end... Miss hearin' from ya. Take care all the best -Marion-
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    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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