Dads Home Made Record Player

What have I got to do to make you love me 
Why won't you love back 
How am I supposed to love me
When you won't even look at me back 
I am starring at the man in the mirror 
And no 1 is starring back
It's like I am a vampire
Awash in cold blood
And crocodile tears 
The years have been unkind to
Like sad songs and the rights of those I have wronged
I wrote on the back of a postcard to my Dad
How wonderful life is with you in my world
When the Doctor had given him less than a month to live
Stealing every intake of breath
Loved to death
Leader of our family rag tag band
If only I could hold your soft hands
One final time
I could love myself again
Love Like your everything
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017


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Date: 11/12/2017 4:27:00 PM
you have woven these song titles into a fitting poem for your father Christopher :-) hugs jan xx
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 11/12/2017 4:39:00 PM
Very very Clever Jan 11 out of 10 I am sat watching Elton John on I.T.V. My childhood memories are of my Dads home made record player and the only 2 records we had of E.J. My favorite ever song that reminds me of my Dad is . Your Song . Listen to the Lyrics its the probably the most beautiful song ever written . cheers Jan ta . love
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