With his large hand,
And his strong fingers
And his strong fingers
Was he warming
my whole hand!
my whole hand!
I could feel the cracking lines
on the edge of his fingers
They were so fissured
on the edge of his fingers
They were so fissured
He was with his hand, warming me,
from the cold of the morning
my Papa!
my Papa!
The sun was not yet up
And we could only hear
the Rooster crow alone
the Rooster crow alone
I know,
it is like any other morning
it is like any other morning
Papa, If I did not see
the morning before
the morning before
If I did not hear
the crowing before
the crowing before
I would be astonished
Walking between the old trees
Carrying your old leather valise
Wearing mama's shirt, feeling her
soul when knitting my shirt
Well, I am jiggered
While watching you
build my future
build my future
like you wanted yours,
I'll be astonished
I'll be astonished
With amazement
and Wonder
and Wonder
I always watch the Sunrise
© 2010
I t touched me deeply..the photo,the words..totally incredible!
ReplyDeletemy father and I are so close..i just love this piece!
SO MUCH..:)
smiles...hands are so evocative...esp that of a loving parent...excellent write...
ReplyDeletesuch a special moment you describe with such love and tenderness...really beautiful
ReplyDeleteA touching piece about your relationship with your father. I think many people can relate to this. Nice One Shot!
ReplyDeleteP.S. It's spelled "daybreak"
@ Eric lol smart ass. ;) This is a wonderful one shot. I too try to watch the sunrise every morning. Sometimes my meds don't let me. Love and Light, Sender
ReplyDeleteI've been there as a father and it's a wonderful feeling. Thanks for sharing the son's perspective for me.
ReplyDeletewhats more wonderful is reading this after just coming from my daughters bedroom and putting her to sleep..thanks for this..cheers pete
ReplyDelete@ Eric
ReplyDeleteNow I know why and why I did not win that compitition. I wrote these lines two month ago and published here just now. Thank you for the comment ;)
@ Desert Rose
@ Pete Marshall
@ Claudia
@ Sender
@ Booguloo
@ Brian Miller
I have'nt see you all comment in one post for a very long time. that means I for sure could write about a situation or a bond between father and son or father and daugter.
I'm very very thankfull to you all.
S. Sharp <3
Warm, fuzzy, hard-life work.
ReplyDeleteso sweet
ReplyDeletelovely piece.
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