You stand...

You stand –

Tall among fathers –

legend to my love

my wife –

your daughter –

and for me –

a jealousy and a gift.

Jealous as you speak

day to day

to the ones you love

three daughters

devoted - and proud.

Each a rose

of a different color

bloomed from the same bush

buds picked and

not pruned

wild and beautiful -

each exploded of their own

volition

yet sprung from the same vine –

good stock – fierce

and full of life.

Jealous in a healthy loving way

as sharing love –

and the adventure in life

is knowing that this

beauty comes

from two poles.

                                   

The yin and the yang,

each - I completely adore.

Father – O blessed day

when we give all to the one

that gave us life.

Father – O blessed moment

when we realize that only

in this moment – past

present and now is

all we own in this life.

Father – you have given me

all I could ever dream of –

and in this day –

yours –

we celebrate –

O the gift

Of being

a Father.

For Rod Napier – Father in Law

On Father’s Day – 06.19.2011.

Copyright © Doug Claybourne 2011. All Rights Reserved.