Loving Father of my youth
Living Father of my youth
Left home, leaving
Silent words of error
Slipping like a ghost
Diving away from me
Messaging memories
My only sign
Dreaming of you
A man of glory
Jammed with loss
Confusion became life
Vacating your old past
Seeking out new life
Minutes became years
Lessons became fate
Mistakes became hope
Discovering a new way
To drift back
Home, where you left
A son who saw a dim light
Older in every form
No anger vents out
Only open arms
Warm tears
Living father of my youth
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Angelwith1wing
I like how the speaker in the poem at the end does not get angry at his father for abandoning him in "his youth". It takes a lot of courage and forgiveness to accepted someone who left you behind. May we all learn from this and practice this in our own lives. Keep writing on my friend.
Mafi Grey
I can relate to this so much, well my father was killed when I was a baby but I don't even know how he's hands felt as he held me.
Mafi Grey
I can relate to this so much, well my father was killed when I was a baby but I don't even know how he's hands felt as he held me.