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#
Copyright © Renee Gross | Year Posted 2023
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