Father And Son Poem by Raymond Magabe

We play hide and go seek
When I’m the one who needs to be found.
I have done the hiding all my life
I pray he be the one to find me.

When we role play in the corners of my eye
I see him play a better me.
I swear he makes me believe in his make belief,
For in his actions I see how to better me.

My mental state of fatherhood is chained by my boyish fears,
And he remains completely ignorant of that fact,
He sees a man he proudly calls dad