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How can you live when the best part of you dies? Where do you draw strength when your sole source of strength is taken from you?
This poem explores the loss of my father and the impact it had on my life. Even now, 6 years later, I can't seem to grasp the straws together to make my life whole again. Every day I fight with an enemy I cannot see. The one thing my father never taught me how to do.
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somebody
woahhhh. THIS POEM IS LIKE TOTALLY AWESSOMMEEE! i wish i could write like this
kassie
i love this poem. i know what ur going through. my dad died when i was 10 years old. i am now 16. i was his baby girl. but i think this is a teriffic poem and u should be proud of urself. this poem is very touching. i give it a perfect 10.
Brooke
This poem is one of my favorite poems. It touched me a lot and a lot of what this boy in this poem is going through with not haveing a father, I am too, and i will for the rest of my life. Not cause he's dead but because he never bothered. Point is i liked it so much because i have so much in common with it. You have so much talent!
Toma
This is one of the best poems I've ever read, amazing job. Very touching, shows how much you loved your dad. Really sorry about your loss by the way, dont know how it feels but Im sure its hard.
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Please, Dad |
| by Michael Anderson |
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As soft winds sweep away the days I look back on life through a haze. Remember playgrounds, parks and friends, In childlike gaze that never ends. The laughter in a game of catch, Shall memory ever attach... To innocence in youthful eyes, Catching the ball to Dad's surprise. I recall my first bike, first wreck, Who picked me up, said, "What the heck?" Convinced me to give one more try, While, knees skinned, I forgot to cry. Just the joy knowing he was there, Making him proud my only care. There was nothing I couldn't do, My heart held fast that to be true. Though teenage years were kind of rough, I sure wasn't too big or tough. You taught me to defend what's right And never back down from a fight. So I learned the hard way to stand, Still, with each lump, I found your hand. Drawing from you an inner strength, And stubborn pride of equal length. But there the line of fate was drawn, As though I blinked and you were gone. I found myself facing the sun, Not man, not boy, fatherless, one. Eyes blinded by a void inside, I could not live that you had died. Alas finding it to be true, I could do nothing without you. Please, Dad, today just hear my call, I'm sorry that I dropped the ball. My life is wrecked, my knees are skinned, My emotions undisciplined. I can't get up although I try, Please don't be upset if I cry. Though I can't fight what I can't see, Please, Dad, say you're still proud of me. |
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Kristi
This is a realy good poem
catherine
this peom was so touching i could almost feel what was down inside me , i could hear the voice calling out to me, i think this peom was so amazing its a pitty that it was trew, im sorry for the lost of u.
nikki
THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL POEM I'VE EVER READ.
marcie
wow that is the best poem that i have read in a long time and that made me think of my dad i dont see him anymore but just the thought of not seeing him and makes me want to call him and tell him how much i love him i am sorry for your lost of your dad keep your head up everything will be ok
dori
my father just passed away not a month ago. at the age of 16, i am away from home at a school. i did not find out until the funeral was already over. "as though i blinked and you were gone". i did all those things. the bike, the game of catch. but i also did so much more. this poem really touched me and i love it. it is sweetly said and the only emotion in it is the sadness. i cant find any anger and that is awesome. thank you. dori
sidra ali
reasson is very near to reality i also loss my father one and half year back. imiss him so very much he'll be not with me in my any happy moments and i will always miss him till the day when i met my death.
Elizabeth
Hey this poem is so great, I am so giving this to my dad!
Roxy
This is an amazing poem! I cried reading it, you've made me respec my dad alot more. I'd love to hear more of ya poems.
Shea
OMG! I LOVE THIS POEM IT MADE ME CRY AND THINK OF LOSING MY DADDY IT WOULD KILL ME
Daniel
I wish you happiness in the future.
Bri
That was a really beautiful and heartfelt poem. And the rhyming was wonderful. I'm still crying. Beautifully done.
matt
i liked this poem very much, although my father has not died he is no longer in my life making it hard for me. i like this poem.
skye
this poem is very touching. it made me think of my relationship with my own dad. i almost cryed when i read this. its sweet
carysann
this is a very gd poem it mede me think
destiny
i loved this poem. i can relate to it alot, my dad died when i was 3 and this poem is sad but so true.
Sammy
I loved the poem. It really touched me because I understood. In a lot of ways it well describes the battles I'm going through with my own family at the moment.
kaley
that was a very sweet poem and you did a VERY good jobs keep ^ the goo dwork ~kaley~
Monica
I love it, it made me cry, we lost our dad 7 months ago, and that is how I feel.
natalie
i lost my dad a year ago and i sit and wright poems and i thought that it was realy nice
madhu
Excellent, just excellent. I couldn't stop my tears. thanks for speaking my heart's voice for which I was not finding the words till I read this poem.
mabel
youre poem is really nice. i have just started to write poems too. I am sorry that you lost youre dad. and i feel youre pain, i haven't lost a parent but my life is at a point where i feel very lost, and sad. hope youre poem get the best on it . good luck.
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