Death Father Daughter Poems

The father you do not know,
loved you since the day you were born.
Held you carefully in his arms
and promised to always keep you warm.

The father...

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My heart aches my mind is blown
The Voice I have is still unknown
Thoughts from years ago I used to have 
We're nightmares that are all...

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ANGEL OF DEATH 

He went to check 
up on the cat 
tripped over a 
crooked vine table
tried to get up
smashed its circular
glass in half 
moon...

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ever his little girl ...
she knew her daddy, suitably
the demons, the defeats, the drudgery and dreams
(dreams, deep and delirious,
as substances imposed)
no year of hers was
sans...

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Happily cheering and laughing ,swinging,
as the dad is carefully pushing it.
He is on cloud nine ,looking at her joyous face.
The bright skies have fallen ...

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I needed a father,
strong and wise,
to guide me through life's highs and lows.

But in your absence I was the strong one,
I learned to fight,
learned right...

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Still wrestling with impasse to contentment

Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog
just me and mine dark shadow 
slinking along outer limits of 
the edge of night...

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My first enemy was one I should have loved
He claimed that he loved me but I suppose not enough
He carved the gaps in all my...

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Walking downstairs;  I see particles of light,
Shimmering in my dark brown long hair.
The light of stars is so bright that it
Envelopes all the darkness...

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Beneath the setting sun, I search gently
In shadows cast by dreams of yesterday
where whispers of the wind sound heavenly
I dance beneath the stars that softly...

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Attitude with latitude

originally written January 19th, 2019
and tension defines the dynamic

Valiant prince sip pulled effort
rebuffed, snubbed, thumbed
courtesy eldest daughter
uncontested vainglorious woke
mine genuine apology,
viz sincerely yours...

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For sadness screams in a chasm
Tears hidden in a creviced stare
Prayers praise a doubted God
Words sting a shrinking soul
Death itself will mourn
For those who can’t

A...

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Sometimes I  wonder what life would be like with you here
Honestly speaking I know next to nothing about you
Nobody bothered to tell me
I even...

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A gem I taught in his school
And under him grabbed the rule:
An Igbo man from Okpo,
Whose enemies she shot “Kpoo!”

With him you don’t around fool:
He’d...

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My Prayer Of Ask
Lead us- Dear Father Guide us over great Jehovah from our barren lands
 We ask you, Lord, to lead us and keep...

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