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