PAD Challenge Day 29: Dance with My Father Again
PAD Challenge Day 29: Take the phrase
“(blank) Again,” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase
the title of your poem, and then write your poem.
Dance with My Father Again
Dad,
since
you left,
the
beat of my heart
has
lost a little rhythm too.
My hand
is empty without yours.
I miss
your omelets
in
the morning.
I
miss your gap teeth
smile
like mine.
I miss
your calligraphy
hand-writing.
I
miss your no non-sense
and
anti-bullshit attitude.
I miss
the direction
you would
give when
I felt
lost and lonely.
I miss
hearing the prayers
and
blessings you spoke over my life,
before
and after I was born.
I miss
being able to call
every
time the Lakers and Tarheels won.
I miss
us riding around the city
sharing
Tospy’s popcorn
while
listening to Motown hits,
E-40,
2 Pac, and Snoop.
You loved
west coast hip-hop the most,
but
Run DMC was your favorite.
Mom told
me how you thought you
were
Run from Run DMC.
Funny,
I ended
up loving Run’s House.
We
even decided that,
when
I got married,
our
Father-Daughter’s dance
would
not be to a traditional ballad.
We would
wear shell-toe Adidas,
rock
out to It’s Tricky and My Adidas
because
I was born the
year
Raising Hell came out.
Now,
I feel
like Luther Vandross,
I’d
just love to dance
with my father again.
D’ElegantOne
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Daddy and Me. I miss you papa! 12.05.1962-05.09.2018 |
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