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.