in all the photos
he was a young man -
my father
handsome and smiling
a useful smile
i tried to find one from later
when he was a bystander
on my street -
older, unsmiling, obsolete
- there were none
i wish i had known
how he felt
now that i do.
r ~ 11/25/14
Nov 25, 2014
Nov 25, 2014 at 7:23 AM UTC
in all the photos
he was a young man -
my father
handsome and smiling
a useful smile
i tried to find one from later
when he was a bystander
on my street -
older, unsmiling, obsolete
- there were none
i wish i had known
how he felt
now that i do.
r ~ 11/25/14
