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Perspective of My Pa

perspective
  of my pa
    different
      than my own
eye to eye
  we deviate
still
  he educates
i don’t learn
  anything
except
  to listen
    to love
    to hear
his heartbeat
  to joy
always
  there’s olives
    in his glass
i can hear
   the daily
     missives
        of his martini
          speaking
            in gentle
              low tones
even
  his feistiness
    is controlled
grief
  brought us
    together
his goblet
  of tears
his plea
  “Tell me
  she’s somewhere…”
two butterflies
  their wing-sets
    flapping
      as he retrieved
        his mail
broken glass
  like a
    broken heart
      on his birthday
        their birthdays
a solid shelf
  fell
    shattering
      James Kent
        teacups
    signs all here
perspective
  of my pa
    different
      than my own
eye to eye
  we deviate

3/28/2023
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Panagiota Romios

Date: 4/1/2023 7:51:00 AM

Kim, people don’t know alcohol is a drug, worse a depressant. It makes the world a dark hole. On okder folks especially hard on the liver. Sorry about your Mother. I went into therapy I was so depressed. My Mother would never want me crying over her, but I did. Will say a prayer for your Dad and your family. Panagiota

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 4/1/2023 12:36:00 PM

Dad is careful. Pray for his salvation. Thank you, Pangie!

David Smith

Date: 3/31/2023 3:57:00 PM

Slightly different style than some of your other poems but you challenged yourself and were up to the task. Real poem for a real world. As I g et older I realize more and more how fortunate I am to be able to keep perspective and not let what if and grief swallow me up. I often think being sick very sick as a baby makes one better able to cope later on in life. Keep challenging yourself and I will keep reading your poems. Regards David in NZ. Hope you enjoy Easter break.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 3/31/2023 5:56:00 PM

Thank you, David! I really appreciate that! Ilike your perspective on childhood illness. I didn’t live around other family members, didn’t go to too many funerals, so losing Mom was an experience. Happy Easter!