In My Father's Eyes I See Poem by Funkekeme Akposeye

In my father's eyes i see
What should not be hard to
believe
I see me, good old me
Although we do not always
agree
Love did not flee
We continued to stay on each
other like fleas
During holiday times and party
nights
He brought the house to life
With bright shinny lights
I think as a man he is alright
Even though sometimes we
fight
In my father's eyes i see
What should not be hard to see
My reflection
He calls me his perfection
Friends say i was his
resurrection
Six o'clock in the morning
When the sun is rising
We wake up and clean the sleep
from our eyes
And he gives me early morning
advice
Followed by afternoon
warnings
In my father's eyes i see
Love as deep as the deep blue
sea
Memories of when i was
younger
When i always had the sweet
hunger
when he cleaned the tears from
my eyes
And told me everything will be
alright
Even when i close my eyes
I see my father
He is my ladder
Sometimes he is like my brother
We have always been each
others shoulder
Things that we have been
through
In my father's eyes i see
A love that infects us all like a
disease
The scars of his love, Lies and
truth
The bars of his care, Joys and
pain
Emotions lost and regained
Back and forth like when he
rocked my carriage define who
we are now
Through it all promised to be
unbroken like marriage vows
Wind blows like the autumn falls
as i write these words
Cutting through my soul like
swords
My eyes fill up with tears
And my body flares up with
sweat
In my father's eyes
I saw my rise
As i remember when he told me
to dream up
When i was down and he told
me to rise up
When i was sad because i had
been bad
My only dad told me to cheer up
Miracles happen when i see his
face
And he rushes me for a sweet
embrace
In my fathers eyes i see nobody
else but myself.