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Remember Father |
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christies heart Member
since 1999-08-10
Posts 189NJ, USA |
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO A MAN WHO WAS THERE, FAR TOO OFTEN AND FAR TOO NEAR HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO A MAN, NOW GONE, WHO LEFT A LEGACY TO LINGER ON. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO A MAN SO WISE, WHO SPRINKLED SORROW IN HIS CHILDREN'S EYES. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO A CREATIVE SOUL, WHO CHEWED ON RESPECT AND SWALLOWED IT WHOLE. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO A MAN WHO CARED, TOO MUCH FOR THE NOTION THAT HE WAS FEARED. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO THE MAKER OF ME, WHO TRIED TO FORBID ME TO BE FREE. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY; YOU'VE TAUGHT ME TO LIVE, BY FORCING MY HEART TO LEARN TO FORGIVE. |
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Sue Member
since 1999-08-04
Posts 383France |
That took courage to write, I think. I couldn't identify (luckily) but I think it is really good. |
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angel girl Member
since 1999-07-23
Posts 322within a whisper... |
IT SOUNDS TO ME THAT YOUR FATHER HURT YOU, BUT YOU STILL LOVE HIM VERY DEEPLY. I HAVE YET TO FORGIVE MY FATHER. I DOUBT I EVER WILL. THIS POEM BROUGHT UP SOME NOT-TOO-HAPPY MEMORIES FOR ME, BUT IT WAS STILL VERY GOOD. NICE JOB. |
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elvira Senior Member
since 1999-07-06
Posts 936California |
unfortunately, i can relate...i have been trying to get in touch with my father, but he does not feel the same |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Very well done..........this poem speaks so much more than the words printed on the page say. ------------------ "Nobody has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold" ~Zelda Fitzgerald |
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