Daddy Poem by Dónall Dempsey

DADDY
Always
your love
everywhere
around me

tangible & intangible
as when
sound
becomes music.

As a child
they asked me
what I wanted
to be

when I
grew up
and I ran
through all the obvious choices

a cowboy man
a doctor man
a spy man
a hero man
an astronaut man

but there was
always only
one choice.
I wanted to be
you.

So I blurted out
my child's answer:
'A Daddy! '
The adults laughed
not knowing how
serious
I was.

I wanted to be
the Daddy
my Dad was.

I wanted to love someone
as much as
he loved me.

I still feel
my 7 year old hand in his
as the camera clicks
and captures our smiles.

Me beaming bursting with pride!
'This is my Dad! This is my Dad! '

Always
his love
everywhere
around me

tangible & intangible
as when
sound
becomes
music.