Dear Son, Forgive Me

My 3rd ever piece written. Thanks dad, for encouraging me as a writer.

Dear son, forgive me...

if i leave you unprotected and alone.

Dear son, forgive me...

if i neglect to provide for you a home.

Dear son, forgive me...

if i never explain the rules of being a man.

Dear son, forgive me...

if i greet you with anything less than an open hand.

Dear son, forgive me...

if you see me in a pit of rage.

Dear son, forgive me...

if i place my feelings & memories of you in a cage.

Dear son, forgive me...

if i ever have to test my love for you.

Dear son, forgive me...

if i ever hesitate before i hug you.

Dear son, forgive me...

if i forget about you, and think only of myself.

Dear son, forgive me...

if one day, i remove my picture from your shelf.

Author's Note

Thank you for allowing me to share these pieces with you. This is the last piece my father ever read of mine. I wish he could experince the writer i became. Please, tell those dear to you what they mean to you while you still can. R.I.P. John W. Berry... a hero, friend, and above all, a father.

Reviews

[gabrielle]

Our father are not perfect but i feel that there is nothing more painful to them than to see and feel that they are not able to give what's best for their children. The words simply went straight to my heart.

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

Thank you, so much for coming by and reading these words. It truly means a lot to me. I glad this piece, though juvenile, was able to reach you in such a way.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it was wonderful that he encouraged you...my dad always asked me "what are you ever going to do with poetry?"

i like these tribute poems to your father...so much feeling.

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

Thanks Jacob, they are dear to me and decided to share them in his memory. He would have his friends read them when i was a boy, he shared my work more than i would.