Monday, October 28, 2024
Dad
Your hand, in minerough and dry,
comforting
always, warm
starting just
a little finger
switching sides —
left, then right —
traffic decides
my Sentinel,
Protector
shielding me from
vehicular chaos
but safe for
I hold on —
to more fingers
as I lose
my childhood years
—
-
.
four and half one
decades on
I have long
learned how:
to traverse
streets, roads
in cities of
all kinds
yet —
four years and seven
decades on
your fingers
comfort still
despite discomfort
of age and gout
they traverse
across two cities
and years apart
to mine, secure
comforting me —
like I was four again
and safe.
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