I miss you Dad

DAD IS GONE

The hole in my chest where

My heart used to be

Is

Matched only by the silence in

My head where your

Voice

Echoed.

A man don’t hit women. Give the man a full day’s work for a full day’s pay. Respect your Mother, Son. Be brave. Thank god. Be kind to dogs and kids. Shoot straight, don’t waste your bullets.

These were words that

you made sure  I

Heard,

to forge the copy of Manhood

that had

made

You.

If you fill up the back of the shovel, the front will take care of itself. I want the weeds in the ditch gone when I get home from work. Watch over your sister, (and he booted my butt when I lost her). Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of themselves. No man is worth a million dollars a year.

DAD is gone…

The hole in my chest where

My heart used to be

Is filled only by his last words to me,

“And after all, remember…

I love you son.”

Michael D. LeFevre  31 March 2011  ã COPYRIGHT