Father To Son
I gave you life
I gave you the means to live
I gave you an identity,
Through you my ancestry
and legacy will be traced.
You are my dreams
My aspirations,
My future is vested in you;
I am your past
Your roots
Your conception.
I am the foundation
on which you stand,
Your past is vested in me.
You cannot forsake me
Nor can you
disown or shun me,
For I am the anchor
without which you will
drift into the wild seas of life!
Patriarchy contest by Thomas Martin
Copyright © Abdul Malik | Year Posted 2015
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