DADDY
Louise Annarino
Fathers’ Day 2012
Those laughing eyes
and strong hands
which fashioned safety
from the strands
of life
which too often looked
like a cage
but was nothing more
than a ladder
one could climb
on his lap
where every problem
could be left
in his care
so all consuming
which too often felt
like loss of self
but was nothing more
than a cushion
against hard knocks
he absorbed
with his own body
to protect
his children with
a father’s love.
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