Fleshed from flesh
Blood and bone
I, too, one day
Found myself alone
Decided I won't leave
The world alone
Without someone
I can call my own
Yes, that was me
The man who did the deed
Blind as a man can be
Led one to have one to feed
Yet, there was love when I saw
What I did and knew
That part of me will grow
A seed that will pass through
The earth when I'm long forgotten
Yet forget you I never will
My last thought you were well begotten
Stronger that my version of will
Just to know you grow is peace
I die thinking I did good
And in the world I released
A person branded into Manhood
I may have left or hid
Or hid my feelings in a freezer
Knowing I can't undo what I did
I'd die to see you breathe
I may have opened the door and left
A coward that I maybe
And no excuse if I committed theft
And stole a life to be
But with every step I drag
Feet of memory of those I committed injustice
Never will I one day brag
That that's how the rest of me is
I cannot speak because
I feel the shadier side of you
The one I won't let you expose
So you can be the stronger of the two
I'd like to ask for forgiveness
But if one day a father you'll be
You'll witness this side of grimness
Mixing love's hard and easy
If not, you'll go on believing
That it's not worth it
That there's a future one you're deceiving
And they don't deserve it
But I wish is fleshed like me
From blood and not stone
You'll take in life's mystery
Be better than the father you've known
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A beautifully crafted write that draws the great bond between father and son.