POEM: Song For Dad

Father my source of identity
Cover of protection, Hand of provision
Is he the Song of Hope to lull on the bed of rue
or the voice of courage that says ‘’get up and move on’’ in the tub of wallow
Father, a plough bearing seeds of growth.

                     
                      Symbol of strength you are
                      Eyes for foresight beckoning caution
                      A Child’s first Hero; winning all evenings
                      The crown headed on Mother

When it’s all cool and dandy
Or in times of perplexity and choke
when the rod of discipline
and inculcation throws me off balance
from the same place is a voice to comfort and guide
Father, how mystical I find the role you play.

                       

                          
                        You run town when others run from town
                        Your name reigns through gates and clans
                         Father, father on whose back I see farther
                         Who can be Mother without a man

Whether you choose to
Or nature bestows you this grace,
the part of a Father is the role of a human god
with strength and rigour
on whose back I behold the view from the top
taking  me over every hurdle that once brought you down
and when babe says ‘’how did you get so charming’’?
I’d say: ‘’Daddy made me’’

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