That Embrace Poem by Phil Soar

I never expected the show of affection
My past not a subject for my recollection
Away in the distant and upsetting past
Where thoughts that I wished would dissappear fast

Yet thirty years on as I sat by his side
With plenty of memories I needed to hide
I became overwhelmed by a feeling of doubt
Wanting to know we could work these things out

And later as tales and transitions were told
It felt more of warmth than a dull icy cold
And so the embrace, appeared out of the blue
And gave me a reason that I forgave you