A lovely take on Father's Day.

I love the lines:

I wish for the simpler
times, for the silence
that meant you were
about to tell a story,
not the calm before
the storm

So many meanings can be construed out of silence…and I love the way you’ve conveyed it here. And when you say you wish for simpler times…one can perceive childhood being simple as opposed to the life of adults wherein opinions clash; we get weighed down my responsibilities or we get so busy that we lose sight of the beauty in simpler things.

Beautifully penned!

I can unfortunately relate to the “bad guy” in this story. I have a pretty high stress occupation that also requires long stents of absence from my family. The things I’ve gone through in the last few years have left a mark, and I find I lose my temper a lot quicker than when I was a civilian. I’m working at it, and this will not be me. This poem just made it into my wallet, and will hopefully be a reminder to take a breather, because my three little stars are worth catching.

you have no idea how much I relate to this... on every level.

This was so moving... beautiful