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The Welder
Contributed by
softerware
on
Thursday, 22nd December 2016 @ 08:00:14 PM in AEST
Topic:
FathersDayPoems
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Im only one person, Im only one man
I do what I can with these two awkward hands
I dont live in wealth; I drive an old car;
Ill not pen a novel; Ill not pass the bar;
I love those around me; as hard as I can;
Im only one person; But I have a plan.
With no time for college I trust in my tools;
Im proud of my children for going to school.
Just want my kids to be smarter than me;
Book learned, respected, and forever free.
I fear growing old; Please dont let me die;
Before they have found their wings to the sky.
That hope keeps me up and at it each day;
Saving as much as I can of my pay.
I can put things together and take them apart;
But I have no tool for a broken young heart;
No wrench to turn off a flood of sad tears;
No way to separate falsehoods from fears.
No measure have I of pledges unkept;
Ive promised my soul if theyre safe as they slept.
I never will know of their hearts inner sorrows;
Cannot protect all their endless tomorrows.
Schoolbooks are stacked beside old steel-toed boots;
A battered tin lunchbox; will dress them in suits.
In second hand clothes; a 10th grade pedigree
Please Dear Lord help them be better than me.
Idolized once in their sweet nave youth;
They manage to love me though they learned the truth;
I love them Dear Lord as hard as I can;
Im only one person; But I have a plan.
And I know life will take them much further than I;
All I ask is to live until they can fly.
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softerware
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2016-12-22 20:00:14]
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Re: The Welder
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by Former_Member on
Saturday, 24th December 2016 @ 02:48:50 AM AEST
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| // All I ask is to live until they can fly. //
Love this poem but that very last line punched me. We don/'/t always get that wish. I hope the welder does. |
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Re: The Welder
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by duff on
Wednesday, 28th December 2016 @ 04:58:53 PM AEST
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A beautiful piece of writing with your touch. A soft and delicate hand. Cohesive throughout and your lines draw the reader. Another great poem you have here. Awesome job
duff |
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Re: The Welder
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by Invierno on
Friday, 30th December 2016 @ 07:22:47 PM AEST
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Beautiful, like the man you write.
Thank you for such a gift on a Friday night.
Mike |
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