SAID A FATHER TO HIS SON
“ SAID A FATHER TO HIS SON ”
WHEN THAT BOY STEPPED ON THE BUS SOMETHING CAUGHT MY EYE
HE LOOKED JUST LIKE ME AND I GUESSED THE REASON WHY
FATE SAT US SIDE BY SIDE HIS NOSE SHAPED LIKE MINE
IT WAS LIKE LOOKING IN A MIRROR GOING BACK IN TIME
I SLOWLY TURNED MY HEAD LOOKED AT HIS EYES
WONDERED TO MYSELF HAD HIS MOTHER FILLED HIM WITH LIES
I COULD BE THE FATHER HE NEVER GOT TO SEE
KNOWING THAT HIS MOTHER NEVER MENTIONED ME
SHE WAS PREGNANT I WAS HAPPY TIL SHE FELL FOR SOMEONE NEW
OUR LIFE TOGETHER OVER THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO
SHE SAID SHE’D TELL HIM THE BABY WAS HIS IF I’D JUST GO AWAY
IT BROKE MY HEART TO LEAVE IT WOULD BE TOO HARD TO STAY
I CAME BACK TO TOWN YEARS LATER TO SEE WHAT I WOULD FIND
MAKE AMENDS SEE OLD FRIENDS AND WHAT I LEFT BEHIND
I FOUND WHAT I CAME LOOKING FOR RIGHT THERE ON THE BUS
THE WHOLE WORLD DISSAPEARED IT WAS JUST THE TWO OF US
WE RODE ALONG IN SILENCE CHECKING EACH OTHER OUT
HE COULD SEE WHAT I DID SEE THERE WAS NO LONGER DOUBT
I GOT OFF THE BUS TO HIDE MY TEARS SHAKEN AND SAD
FELT THE STARE UPON MY BACK HE KNEW I WAS HIS DAD
MY QUESTIONS WERE ALL ANSWERED NOW HIS HAD JUST BEGUN
GOODBYE WITH OUT A WORD SAID A FATHER TO HIS SON
Copyright © Bill Kapac | Year Posted 2023
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