DADDY

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    DADDY

    I CAN SEE YOU WALKING OVER THE HILL TOP
    WITH RUGGED CLOTHES TORN AND BARE
    I CAN SEE A TOUCH OF SILVER IN YOUR HAIR
    I CAN SEE YOU WALKING THRU THE FIELD
    AT DUSKY DARK
    AFTER A LONG WEARY DAY
    FROM WORK YOU DEPART
    I CAN SEE THE THINGS THAT TIME HAS CHANGED
    THE HURT,AND ALL THE SCARS THAT YOU'VE INDURED
    I SEE THE LOVE,THE TENDERNESS,AND ALL THE WISDOM
    THAT YOU GAVE TO US THRU THE YEARS
    I CAN SEE US AROUND THE TABLE
    WITH HEADS BOWED LOW AS YOU GAVE THANKS
    FOR THE FOOD,AND FOR HELPING US TO GROW
    I CAN STILL SEE THE TIMES WHEN
    YOU'D READ THE BIBLE OR SANG A SONG
    AH' YOU ALWAYS MADE SURE WE SANG ALONG
    IT SEEMS THESE TIMES HAVE COME AND GONE
    AND WITHOUT YOU DAD WE MUST STRIVE ALONE
    I OFTEN WONDER IF YOU CAN SEE
    JUST HOW MUCH OF YOU ,YOU LEFT IN ME.

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    classictbird59 commented on DADDY

    10-05-2009

    This is beautiful! I oft times think of my Daddy in the same way.

    Artist commented on DADDY

    02-15-2009

    I love this poem, how nice to experience a loving family.

    Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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