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Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

0 posted 2015-06-21 09:01 PM

A Day with Dad

I sit down on the grass, a broken man,
And as always, you are there for me…
Laser-engraved eyes sharp as ever,
I know you see it all.

This is your day, though I no longer
Know how to bring you joy on it,
When joy is a lost concept to me, myself.
Could you tell me please?

I pick the overgrowth from around the edges,
Polish the face with my cloth,
And never leave flowers… I know you’d hate that.

There is no decoration to cover up what is.
I know this.
I watched you bear similar grievances your whole life,
I know I should be stronger.

Then again, I stand four years from the age you
Were when you were taken from me…
How much more can I afford to bear?

The emptiness inside you became a home for cancer…
How has it not consumed me as yet?

I am consumed with naught but grief and questions.
Questions I will never have answers to.

Think I will just lie here with you a little while,
if you don't mind, and we can be dead together.

Michael Anderson

6/21/2015

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

1 posted 2015-06-22 10:41 AM

Heart to you, my friend...

j.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2015-06-22 09:50 PM

fine writing...honest feelings...james

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

3 posted 2015-08-07 03:15 PM

I've been missing Daddy so much I've actually been avoiding a trip to my hometown and the cemetery. Every word of this resonates with me, but especially the last 4 lines.

Hugs to a lonely son from a tearful daughter.

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

4 posted 2015-08-07 11:11 PM

So very sad. I try to think of my loved ones at peace now and do not grudge them that. best to you and also you Suthern. Jo

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2015-08-09 09:18 AM

Honest and raw. Very well done! ~L

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

6 posted 2015-08-17 01:17 PM

Very sad, Michael but great writing.
Ida

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

7 posted 2015-09-15 11:18 PM

this shows the importance of Dads, to validate us, to encourage us, to be a part of us as we are a part of them, and the sadness we can feel if we were not fulfilled...james

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