DAD

DAD

Many years ago I started this journey all alone,

Then you were there for me to make me a home.

There was so much to learn and so little time.

I had questions that were silly, good, dumb and deep, but they were all mine.

Then things started going wrong, things got a little crazy.

For me those days were a long time ago and a little hazy.

Even though there was love and there was affection,

Our journey moved on and we went in different directions.

The journey continued and I saw lots of new places.

I kept asking silly questions and learned from many new faces.

There were times that we struggled and when it was as bad as it could be.

I always knew that there was someone to save me, that you would be back for me.

In playing the game of life, I ran hard, I ran fast, until I was out of breath.

There were times early on that I flirted with death.

Once death flirted back and my journey was almost through.

Through the things that went bad and the pain of life, I was still waiting for you.

Some time had passed and I couldn't help but wonder if I would ever see you again.

Then it happened, you had come to get me, I was nine, almost ten.

Things were different this time; you had new kids and a new wife.

I tried, but I didn't seem wanted by the new family and didn't fit in the new life.

Before long the summer had passed and it was time to say goodbye.

I talked, you talked and we both would cry.

You brought me to the airport and for the first time I would fly.

I didn't know it at the time, but before I would see you again, fifteen years would go by.

I grew up knowing you were out there, somewhere; I knew you had to still be alive.

By the time you found me again, I had started a family of my own, I was twenty-five.

We saw each other off and on through my first wife and the second one.

But I lived here and you lived there so we saw each other on the run.

I don't know what happened, but somehow we lost communication again.

Time flew by and the next time we would see each other the years that had passed were ten.

During this journey, we really haven’t spent much time together and that makes me sad.

I will cherish the time we did have together and I will always love you, you’re my dad.

STANLEY HENDRIX

06/02/09

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