A Quiet Night with Dad

I sat outside on our stoop

And wondered in quiet silence

Could I connect with you

Looking across the lawn

Watching the moon rise

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The night sky still

Waiting for any movement

To break the silence

And I wonder still

Can you hear me?

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Feel me

See me

Wish me

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I want to respond

With faith

Spiritual sanity

Rather than speculation

I would smile

To know your eyes are upon me

Protecting me from my fears

Now that I no longer

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Share your active smile

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I realize the lustre in your eyes

Wonder how you might seem today

As I feel the cold concrete underneath

Sitting outside in the damp night

A sliver of moon brings all of us

Together in the same moment

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Your essence

Touches my soul

My physicality

Questions remain

While I realize your dignity

Grace

Elegant manner is beside me

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I will love you as much today