My Father

Thank you Linda.

Thank you so much Richard.

Olive, I hope you understand when I say, I'm sorry you understand. Thank for reading .... and understanding.

Sometimes that's all you need to say. Thanks Teddy and thanks for the read.

Thanks again Andrea. It's really not exactly pain. Hard to describe.... Like a dull grey disappointment.

Thanks so much Andrea

Thank you SKAT. Always so nice to hear from you.

Thanks Sandra. I have to agree PS has been more therapy than poetry for me.

Thank you Archana. I too often fear I did not try hard enough to not like him..... By the way... You should be proud of being a mother of two.

Thank you Joyce. Reading the entries I feel so happy for some and bouyed and in such good company with and by others.

You are quite welcome Judy. Thank for sponsoring the contest. Only about 1/3 through the entries but they are great so far. There certainly are were and will be wonderful dads. That is a good thing.

With Haiku you can say so much without saying much. There is so much behind the so little. You are right. My father always had only the best wishes for me. It just would have been nice to have had a meaningful relationship. Gone now.... Thanks for the read white sage.