So, somebody that read one of my poems before said that I should write more….I don’t really fancy myself as being a “poet” but I do LOVE poetry….(But only the real MANLY kind.) Anyway, I decided to put one of my old rituals from the years of raising my girls into poem form. Hope ya like it.
My Letters to God
Sometimes,
at night,
while you slept,
I’d sneak
quietly,
to you
just to watch you breathe.
I’d kneel
and pray,
by your side,
Concerned
for the stars in your eyes
and the joy in your laugh
and the strength, thru life’s lessons, you’d earn.
I’d pray
to God,
for things I didn’t see..
in me;
the friend,
the guardian,
the confidant that I needed to be.
Then
I’d stand,
and speak
softly in your ear
of my
dreams
and wishes
and hopes, never fears
And this
I’d send,
addressed to God
and stamped with a kiss on your cheek.
CJ
June 12, 2013 at 10:17 pm
Beautiful poem
David Council
June 24, 2013 at 2:42 pm
That’s aweome, Ty.
Ty McDuffie
June 24, 2013 at 2:49 pm
Thanks, man! This Daddy thing is HARD WORK!