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Being a Dad
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Being a Dad |
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notlikely2 Member
since 2000-06-16
Posts 308UK |
WRITTEN AFTER SOME VERY LONG NIGHTS!!! One minute you did not exist Except as a trace on a monitor screen The next you were here Tiny and frail Yet filling the room With your screams Another blank page To be filled with a life Another story to be told Will you make your mark on the world Or Will you just grow to be old? Seven years You would think Is ample time to prepare But nobody taught me How to be Dad So All I can do Is to care Making bottles Changing nappies Up at half past three Although I'm tired this doesn't seem So difficult To me Actually I hate to say it But Just between you and me Babies are rather boring They just Eat And sleep And pee! "It will be better later on When he understands And talks And soon we all will have such fun And take him out for walks" Four years on "Don't talk so loud You'll wake the baby up Stop running about Don't answer back You insolent little pup If you don't behave I won't be there In the morning When you wake up" 'there, there Don't cry She's sorry son She didn't mean what she said Give us both a kiss and a cuddle And I'll take you up to bed I'll read your favourite story And you can dream your dreams It's amazing How you ever sleep Through baby's frantic screams' Up at half past three Again Quenching baby's thirst Feeling dead What's that you said Oh "The first twenty years Are the worst" Love is like the measles.....the older you are, the harder it hits you! |
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notlikely2 Member
since 2000-06-16
Posts 308UK |
JUST A GIRL ....and this was written a few years later....... Just a girl That's all she is And yet we expect so much Don't do this Don't do that Eat your tea Put on your hat Sometimes I wonder how you put up with us But then you don't have any choice There are times when I think I'll explode If just once more I hear that voice Saying "Please Dad can I... Oh why won't you let me.... Everyone else at school does... And if I don't I'll be left out.... Oh Dad! I'll feel such a fool" And so Sometimes I give in 'Though I'm not really sure that I should But the weight of your pleas is too much to bear With the promises of "I'll be good" Half an hour later Shouting again You STILL haven't cleared up that mess on the floor No, Mummy WON'T help you I've asked you six times You should have thought of that Before you got everything out Don't make me shout Don't make me shout PLEASE Don't make me shout Any more And then The guilty feelings start creeping up on me Remembering Those tiny arms So tight around my neck A tear And a whisper "I love you Daddy. I'm sorry I made you cross. You do still love me don't you?" Later I steal into your room To watch you sleeping A picture of innocence And just A girl Aren't we expecting Too much Too soon? Love is like the measles.....the older you are, the harder it hits you! |
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ynotme? Junior Member
since 2000-06-18
Posts 17 |
Wnderful... I can feel the pain and love which you have felt during those difficult times. Only someone with first hand experience could explain those feelings with such eloquence. Well done, notlikely2 ...another winner! |
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notlikely2 Member
since 2000-06-16
Posts 308UK |
Thank you ynot, it is true that those times were very hard...butn also very rewarding. |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
You have shared, so poignantly, just what it is to be a dad, I believe. Very nicely done! ~ Claire Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
My daughters are 24 and 19... what do you mean about 20.. sheeesh... had four children in five years with twins. been there done that... enjoyed the poem. |
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notlikely2 Member
since 2000-06-16
Posts 308UK |
LOL! Thanks for theencouragement Mike. Mine are only 12 and 9.....so I have a long ways to go!!! |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
This was an excellent read of both your poems..thanks for sharing Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
You've done a great job here! No manual to tell you what to do. Being a parent is the hardest job in the world. And they can make you angry, but mostly tug on your heartstrings. They are most precious  |
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