A Poem For My Father

#Here WE are, There WE were... I AM Your Seed. Today, I won't UNRAVEL the Damaged Weeds... There's An ABUNDANCE Of New Ones That Multiplies At OUR Feet.... STEADFAST. "THEY'LL OUTLAST US." Where A ROSE And A BEE Once JOINED, {BONDED} ON A JUNE'S SUMMER DAY... "TITLES CHANGED" AN EXPANSION RANGED, 9 MONTHS LATER...A MANIFESTATION TOOK PLACE~~GREATER! Decades passed, Moments...FRESH as yesterday. I GIFTED YOU A LOUIS ARMSTRONG COLLAB ALBUM ONCE... WOW, "HOW YOU GUSHED!!!" SATCHMO PARTNERED WITH LEON THOMAS! IT HAPPENED TO BE MY MOST PRIZED COLLECTABLE! BUT, I WANTED TO FEEL YOUR ELATION FROM YOUR HEART... "THAT SURPASSED BEYOND MERE DEDICATION." I REMEMBER WHEN YOU BOUGHT ME AN ANTIQUE EXCELLENT PEAKED STEREO TURNTABLE, AS WELL, ROLLER SKATES THAT WERE THREE SIZES TOO BIG; AS A KID, I PRACTICED, EVEN LEARNED HOW TO SKATE BACKWARDS! IT WAS BECAUSE OF YOU... IN THOSE MOMENTS, THAT WERE PURE AND TRUE; THIS IS SINCERELY WHAT I HAVE TO HOLD ON TO... GENUINE OFFERINGS THAT I CAN SAY, CONVEY, FOR THAT PERIOD... "THANK YOU" ALONGSIDE MY DEPARTED MOTHER... "I KNOW I WOULDN'T BE HERE" IF IT WEREN'T SIGNIFICANTLY FOR YOU...TOO! Well, just so you know...I still write POEMS. I wish to leave something behind the day I am called HOME!~ AND...Today IS designated FATHER'S DAY, The Day in the Month of JUNE Where There Should Be HEARTFELT CONVEYS... -AN HONEST SAY! A ROSE AND A BEE JOINED TOGETHER ONE JUNE DAY! (NO WEEDS IN SIGHT) THERE WAS LUSH GREEN GRASS, BLUEBELLS ALSO, SUNFLOWERS GALORE...... AND BLISSFUL JOYOUS HARMONY ABOUND! ! ! A LIME GREEN {GRASSHOPPER} WITNESSED WHAT WAS IN THE MAKING... *A PRECIOUS PARTAKING* HER FATHER'S SEED... {FORMED A FEBRUARY B L E S S E D DEED} I MUST THANK MY FATHER... OF COURSE WITH MY MOTHER.... "THAT SUMMER DAY!" FOR ENSUING *THAT* "NO COMPARISON"...IMPACT{**} "DAD, INDEED... I Am* HOPPING {NON-STOPPING} I AM* N O T ALLOWING ANYONE THE ROOM OR ROPE TO TAKE ME FOR GRANTED OR DISRESPECTFULLY, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A CRIME, AGAINST THEIR SOUL, TO DO SO... "THE UNIVERSE TAUGHT ME TO KNOW!" SO, FOR THIS REASON... STEMMED* FROM THAT EARLIER SEASON; I ACKNOWLEDGE, THIS WRITTEN HOMAGE... GROWTH SEED* GOOD DEEDS+...DISCARDED WEEDS- - - - - - ! STEMED, All THAT IS TOXIC, CONDEMNED... WE'VE NOW REACHED THE END. NEW SPROUTS BEGIN.... SO, INDEED, FATHER... FROM MYSELF, YOUR DAUGHTER... I ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND DEFINITELY DUE TO... THIS FORESHADOWING OF THIS POETIC READ* FORMED {THE SUMMER OF 1967} FROM YOUR *LIFE PROVIDING* LEAD!~" Renee Denise Gross FIRST BORN/"GHPPR" June 18th, 2023#