'Though he's black very handsome and a strong character,
Really a loving father.'
Mom always says when she's alive.
Oh! Dear Father, you left us almost fifty years ago,
Under an Aircraft Hangar you met a tragic accident.
Yes! Mom is right and you struggled to die for three days
And how sad when you closed eyes forever?
You wanted to make your three sons famous Soccer players,
But the youngest already left and lives in your proximity,
The eldest idles on Motherland and I am here like a football.
They kick me here & there but not into the goal
And I wait till the referee whistles saying that the game is over.
*Who keeps a dollar under my sheet?
I dedicate this poem to Luther.Vandross for his magical song* 'To dance with my father again'.
Great use of metaphor in this one. Your late father comes to vivid life in your evocative lines. Have a good Christmas, Sandra
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A wonderfully evocative poem that remembers wistfully and sighs it's melancholy. Your soccer analogy is a powerful one. Superb poem. Love, Allie ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥