One Day Before Poem by Sylvia Frances Chan

One DAY before the Northward Equinox and
On the DAY that Springtime has started

is my Daddy every year celebrating his Birthday
already decennia ago and in future time not anymore
the Northward Equinox has passed his epitaph
Beautiful Spring has begun
My Daddy is still laying silently in his graveyard
he'd be a part no more of all celebrations
only his part of heart
still beats in mine....

I am missing very much a multitalented Daddy
except his task as the top-manager of the STANVAC Oil Concern
he also wrote feulletons, sequels with the leading name Charlie Chan
he drew cartoons, hilarious cartoons, I was constant in the cartoons
with a wink to my Mum
he painted oil paintings, aquarelles,
he was also oft on stage
he played Shakespearean roles and also he was the great imitator of
Charlie Chaplin and won the third prize for the competition
had he more time, then surely he'd win the second prize
he had no time for the rehearsals because too occupoed with his STANVAC responsebility, but as a girl I was very proud of his winning
the third prize, because I don't play on stage
but I love to be an actor too.

Please have a read,
thank you so much,
remember this is NOT A POEM, only a STATEMENT
for my Daddy's BirthDay TODAY,

Sylvia Frances Chan
Dutch poetess
AS. Wednesday the 21st of March 2018
@ 14.43 hrs. P.M. West-European Time
I could see at the lines that for this drawing cartoons
he had full academic years, but he had his own style,
his own signature

still saddest,
Sylvia Frances Chan