Seeing the Funny Side - For Dad Rip
My Dad was a funny guy
He had a Labrador as a guide
You see my dad was blind
Yet always saw the funny side
Like drinking cups of hot water
Instead of cups of tea
Because the teabag missed the cup
Yes, he did that a time or three
We went through many a kettle
Mum would get quite hectic
He’d put it on the stove to boil
Not seeing it was electric
I never heard him grumble
Never heard a single complaint
Even when he painted the shed with water
Believing it was paint
These things he did are true
But he never lost his pride
My dad was blind, could not see
Yet could see the funny side
Dad passed at the ridiculously young age of 56, it is impossible to believe in less than seven years from now, I will be older than him. Everything in the poem above is true, they really did happen, but he could always laugh at himself, which I always saw as a tremendous strength, just one of the many valuable life lessons he taught me.
Copyright © Gary Wayne Hill | Year Posted 2013
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