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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

0 posted 2014-03-13 12:20 PM

Miss You Dad

"I miss you, dad." The words he spoke,
They hit me like a ton of bricks.
As something inside me awoke—
Something inside those words transfixed
Me, for I've seen him every week
For going on well past a year;
And yet the truth I heard him speak
Said I've been anywhere but here.

And so I choked on my reply,
(I never noticed I was gone);
As a tear welled in my eye
In realizing how withdrawn
I've been for not just weeks, but years.
The pain I felt and cast on all,
Amounting to but hurt and tears
To those who lived outside my wall.

It started when a laugh we shared
Really caught us both by surprise.
A feeling I was not prepared
For, as I looked into his eyes.
It's joy I know, I've felt it since,
If a bit precariously.
Yet his eyes, trying to convince
Himself that this was really me,

Shined a light on just where I stand.
How I got here I'm still not sure;
With love, and joy, and peace at hand...
First time in life I've felt so pure.
"I'm sorry that I lost my way,
All in our lives that went amiss.
Just know this time I'm here to stay.
I've missed you too, son, trust in this."

Michael Anderson

3/01/2014

Jack Napes
Member

since 2014-02-22

Posts 290
Phaedra's Womb

1 posted 2014-03-13 01:26 AM

A Father/Son connection Michael?

It's amazing to sometimes find how it is to share moments, or to have a 'flash' occur before your mind's eye. So many thoughts in your writing, personal and yet shared by many in their own unique way.

Touch, but don't look

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2014-03-13 08:15 AM

This is such a heart warming piece of poetry, Michael. Sometimes it is the simplest of things which will finally open our eyes. I'm smiling.

~*~ There was a sign on the lawn at a drug re-hab center that said 'Keep off the Grass'. ~*~

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2014-03-13 10:21 PM

fine touch your heart writing...James

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