A Father, Graduated
He had passed
And grieving impulses
Worked to batter.
On waking, thoughts
Would blurt out
He is gone.
Someone had removed
The trusty Back-stop.
No other death of
Any other relative
Had hit as hard.
I doubted my
Judgment and balance.
I remembered in music
Wardrobe, mornings
On a Northern boat dock.
Golf links in passing.
A fishing trip
Where late afternoon
And silent drifting
Turned a huge rock face
Into bronze glory
From the skies.
We two could only
Marvel, together.
What had been
Ripped out.
Causing huge self-doubt?
Troubling over things
Not said; not done
By a disarmed Son?
But at his funeral
Pipes were played
And hopes
Portrayed.
And Grace. Amazing.
Unstoppable.
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Written on June 08, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on June 08, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on June 08, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 679 |
Words | 135 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 9, 8, 6, 6 |
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