I Am your Dad

By Richard L. Provencher

Sat, 30 Jul 2011
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and I love you. As you grew
from diapers to torn jeans
playmates changed—
racing down the slide back of the house
to street corner chatter

girls no longer in diaper rash
but sleek figures
eye-catching
winking young ladies.

Your following dad around
until I picked you up
cuddled you
planted kisses on your cheek

now watching from afar
sizing me up
looking for flaws in my knowledge
wondering how much
I really love you

and I do much.

© Richard L. Provencher

Certificate U
POETRY - A Passage of Motion 2
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Comments

Submitted by Highhat on
Beautiful and touching- you should show your daughter this- have you? ;)Pia

Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on
Pia---I will send it to Susan shortly after posting you this 'thank-you-for-your-encouraging-message' note. Eureka, my memory is returning in greater volume, after the trauma of my stroke in 1999; and the love I knew for my children is erupting mightily each new moment. Richard LP
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Submitted by Rhiannonw on
a nice picture of family love and adjustments. "looking for flaws in my knowledge" – isn't there a quote about a teenager getting to be 21 and being amazed at how much his father seems to have learnt in 5 years! ie he isn't now feeling quite so superior?

 

Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on
Rhiannonw--I really like that phrase too. It surmounts any nasty comment one sometimes wishes to utter; better not, since youngsters and oldsters learn by watching and listening. Oh, the wisdom of our growing up children. Richard LP
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