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Sep 2016
DADDY

Always
your love

everywhere
around me

tangible & intangible

as when
sound
becomes music.

As a child
they asked me

what I wanted
to be

when I
grew up

and I ran
through all the obvious choices

a cowboy man
a doctor man
a spy man
a hero man
an astronaut man

but there was
always only

one choice.

I wanted to be
you.

So I blurted out
my child's answer:

"A Daddy!"

The adults laughed
not knowing how

serious
I was.

I wanted to be
the Daddy
my Dad was.

I wanted to love someone
as much as
he loved me.

I still feel
my 7 year old hand in his

as the camera clicks
and captures our smiles.

Me beaming bursting with pride!

"This is my Dad! This is my Dad!"

Always
his love

everywhere
around me

tangible & intangible

as when

sound

becomes

music.
Donall Dempsey
Written by
Donall Dempsey  Guildford
(Guildford)   
214
   Keith Wilson
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