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Magnus
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0 posted 2004-08-01 08:25 PM


Silly, isn’t it...
When a tear falls and a child’s eye
catches it...asking why?

Why does a pillar of strength openly
weep, sometimes sob...as visions pass
across a screen, so captivating, yet
so silly.

When the Rock crumbles into mere mush and
the mind of eleven sees the tender side of he
who admonishes..

When good guys sometimes lose and dreams
sometimes don’t come true....and children
wake a mid summer morn still wondering
why.

Perhaps I always have been that mushy sorta
guy, the one who carries tissue to the theatre
and sometimes has to get more....because he
was there, there inside that screen, fighting
alongside those warriors....holding that lifeless
body, seeing the crying of a child....as tears
stream endlessly into a pool, causing the
popcorn to be soggy....and to hear once
again...Why Daddy, why do you cry?

And all you do is just cry more....even
after the screen is blank, and you sit there
numb, embarrassed....waiting for everyone
to leave....and those young blue eyes watch
you cautiously....

Someday she will know....and when she does,
I will pass the tissues....as we both shed a tear
and wait for the end, when the good guys
win,   and fathers cry...


© Copyright 2004 Barry J. Tackett - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2004-08-01 08:32 PM


Awwwww this is wonderful I remember going to movies with my dad as a child. I too am a mushy person I cry at the drop of a hat movies are definately a tear jerker. Thankyou for bringing back memories im sure I will be asked those questions soon enough just replaced daddy with mummy.

"Dont cry because its over, smile because it happened. "

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2 posted 2004-08-01 08:40 PM


I think that is a great poem

Fool me once shame on you.....Fool me twice shame on me.....


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3 posted 2004-08-01 08:51 PM


"Someday she will know....and when she does,
I will pass the tissues....as we both shed a tear
and wait for the end, when the good guys
win,   and fathers cry..."


I understand Barry.....
Heart hugs, Nancy

~ I've loved you forever, in lifetimes before ~

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4 posted 2004-08-01 08:56 PM


Barry?

There is only one thing that has more impact than seeing one's father cry--and that is understanding that one never will see that again.



you are such a sweet poet, thank you for this one


Magnus
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5 posted 2004-08-01 09:17 PM


Karen,  having lost my Dad back in March,  
I know all too well...sheesh...I learned he
was just as sensitive a person as I am...and
I saw him cry...we even shared tears...it
was priceless....just as priceless as my
little girl is to me...even when she asks me
why I cry....  Thanx Ser...

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6 posted 2004-08-01 09:23 PM


"Someday she will know....and when she does,
I will pass the tissues....as we both shed a tear
and wait for the end, when the good guys
win,   and fathers cry..."

BJ (can I call you that; forgive me if you don't like it, okay) -- You've got nothing on me....I cry watching "I Love Lucy," now that she's gone....but then again, I'm not a man and everyone knows women are emotional, right?.  I don't think that's it though.  I think it's a tender heart that is not afraid to reveal itself.  Yes, someday, our children will know why.  Loved this.   ....jo

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7 posted 2004-08-01 09:27 PM


open and moving
full of heart

Susan
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8 posted 2004-08-01 11:19 PM


Very touching.  And what a good example for a daughter, to see the tenderness in a Father.  And I think it is a gift to be able to step inside of a character while watching a film, no matter how many tissues

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you.  Joy is a state of mind.

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9 posted 2004-08-01 11:37 PM


Undoubtedly an emotional poem for you to write ~ and most definitely an emotional poem for me to read. You are a beautiful and sensitive man, father, and son, Dear Poet.


EA

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10 posted 2004-08-02 12:14 PM


Barry

I wish that I could say I saw my father cry...but I did not...although I understood he cried inside many times...and I could read tears in his face, they were not made of liquid.  I envy your daughter this side of you.  

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11 posted 2004-08-02 12:31 PM


Barry what a sensitive and tender piece. I think it is lovely to see a father who is sensitive to the tears of a child or that sheds tears because he is moved to tears by a movie. Great poem, my friend.
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12 posted 2004-08-02 04:26 AM


I have only seen one man cry in my entire life...that was my brother at my mother's funeral...one tear streaming down

I will remember that for the rest of my life

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13 posted 2004-08-02 10:01 AM


this is wonderful.......what a touching honest write
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14 posted 2004-08-02 11:44 AM


honest and touching, reminds me of my own dad Barry..
thanks for that, and hugs to you.

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15 posted 2004-08-02 11:45 AM


When the Rock crumbles...

~*~

Only once did I see this,
but the effect was so profound...
and I wasn't even eleven...

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16 posted 2004-08-02 04:10 PM


Magnus~
I can only say thank you~
*Huglets*:hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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17 posted 2004-08-02 05:09 PM


Silly?? Indeed not! I like a man who isn't afraid to show his emotions, to me it makes them more of an equal and "more real", if you know what I mean.
(Gives you a gentle hug, just because she thinks you need one)  

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18 posted 2004-08-02 06:05 PM


Wonderful Magnus my friend.
I remembering seeing my father cry when my mother's illness got severe. His clear blue eyes seemed to turn into overflowing shadow lakes. hugs, Chris

"At one glance
I love you
With a thousand hearts."


— Mihri Hatun, Turkish poet

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19 posted 2004-08-04 02:20 PM


I remember vividly the first time I saw my father cry... I wish so much it had been sentiment and not despair.

This is absolutely beautiful... and she's a lucky gal. *S*

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20 posted 2004-08-04 02:30 PM


oh Magnus, how did I miss this, extraordinarily done, and you didn't give a tissue alert warning...
I sooooo loved this, but now you've got me snifling to, with, I've got to blow my nose....


Seriously, this as are all your writes was written with tender emotion

Love it
Hugs Lee J.

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