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SmittenKitten
Senior Member

since 2001-06-20

Posts 1131
where the sky and horizon meet

0 posted 2001-07-03 09:31 PM

DAD

I sleep.
When I awake,
my eyes flutter open,
and there you stand.
Your head is slightly inclined,
as if to say, "what?
Thought you could sleep all morning?"

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I laugh.
You laugh as well,
and we share a joke together
and sigh with content.
Why was that so funny? We wonder.
Nobody else would understand the humour.

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I lean.
For the moment,
you are my pillow.
Resting in the soft sand,
we share a quiet moment in time.

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I climb.
The tree is high
but there you are beneath me,
ready to catch me if I slip and fall.

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I play.
You will win,
But the game is still fun.

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I smile.
I am someone special.

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I love - you.

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

1 posted 2001-07-03 09:39 PM

What father would not melt upon reading this?

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2001-07-03 11:23 PM

You are, like me, one of the fortunate ones....a great dad....

thank you for sharing....

Blaec
Member

since 2001-04-23

Posts 130
The Sunshine State

3 posted 2001-07-03 11:28 PM

I really enjoyed this.
I guess that you are Daddy's Girl too!

SmittenKitten
Senior Member

since 2001-06-20

Posts 1131
where the sky and horizon meet

4 posted 2001-07-04 04:40 PM

Interloper ~ that is quite the compliment...thank you kindly!

Sunshine ~ yes, definitely    we are truly lucky

Blaec ~ hehe, you bet!

"Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you.
And all you can do is to go where they can find you."
~Winnie the Pooh

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

5 posted 2001-07-04 05:01 PM

nice to see a dad appreciated. . .

wonderful writing. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2001-07-04 05:45 PM

Like this...James

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

7 posted 2001-07-04 05:55 PM

Kitten,
what a glowing picture of your dad you painted, I'm so glad I stopped by to read it.
write on
Keth

Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen.

SmittenKitten
Senior Member

since 2001-06-20

Posts 1131
where the sky and horizon meet

8 posted 2001-07-04 09:48 PM

Sven ~ anything to get him off my back and stop him from calling me ungrateful!  Hehe, just kidding    very much appreciated indeed.

James ~ thank you for the smile James

Keth ~ it still does not express all that he is but it was from my heart with love    I'm glad you enjoyed it!  Thank you for stopping by!

"Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you.
And all you can do is to go where they can find you."
~Winnie the Pooh

athena4
Senior Member

since 2000-12-10

Posts 622

9 posted 2001-07-04 11:10 PM

Kitten,
A wonderful testament of love to a great Daddy. Mine is my hero, too, and they are to be cherished always... Thanks for sharing...
Elise

Logan
Senior Member

since 2001-05-28

Posts 1641
Arkansas

10 posted 2001-07-04 11:49 PM

Speaking as a dad, sigh, you just hit him where he lives,,you better have a towel ready when he reads that...such a wonderful thing to write...very gentle smile

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