Dear Daddy

I remember the day
your hands supported my cycle
for the last time,
showing me the world ahead
which cannot survive
on the paddle of dependency.

I remember the day
your shrimpy rebuke
corrected my inapt words
after which I started
disrespecting disrespect.

I remember the day
your shoulders grew enough
and so did my body weight
that I understood
now it'd be the time
for my shoulders to do for you.

I remember the days
your experiences implanted in me
the seed of integrity
which just like you
would never get old
But wiser and wiser day by day.

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