Family Poems
0Peter
I never knew you
I never met you
You tried, she had no right
You were my dad she got mad
The years went by
We lived our lives
Now you are gone
We never had the chance
Just a hug would have been nice
I found you to late
Why did you say good-bye?
Your life was so precious
I tried to save you
I love you
It’s so hard to say good-bye
The meds didn’t work
The hospitals tried
The war hurt you
You lost loved ones
You came home
You touched so many with love
I wish I could have been one of them
This poem was written/submitted by Crystal S. Hinkley.
0 Conversing with you is extremely hard
And confrentations I try to aviod
Your emotions captured in a lame card
But it seems all these years I have been toyed
Fabricated truths were your speacialty
Speaking of perfect times shared with eachother
Living in your ideal reality
All the while being hateful to my mother
When you left our lives happiness was felt
At Last we felt like a family
The path you are on hangs on your belt
Now we all have bonded in harmony
No longer are you needed, don’t bother
The pain is over my dearest father
This poem was written/submitted by Andrea De Beauvernet.
+2A youngster watches his dad falling from the sky
He jumps off the roof to fall like Dad
The little boy sees his dad come home dirty and tired
He rolls in the dirt just to look like Dad
His dad is the best in the world and his only hero
His dad races him across the street and lets him win
As he grows up he knows not all dads are like his
He knows he’s a lucky boy to have a dad like his
His dad had hands of steel and was as strong as an ox
His friends said his dad was the coolest dad of all
He looked at his own hands and wished they could be like Dad’s
He lived life to the fullest with his friends by his side
He lived life like there was no tomorrow just like Dad
His hobbies were cars bikes and chasing girls, they all got him hurt
Soon his hands were also like steel and rough as sandpaper
He prided himself of having working man’s hands
What he was truly saying was he had hands like his Dad’s
One day right around 10:00, he got the call that broke his heart
He went to his father’s side just in time to say good-bye
His father’s heart was too big yet too weak to live
He told no one ’cause he didn’t want anyone’s pity
His hands were just like his father’s but his father was gone
On that day it broke his heart, the pain never left
His mind went where it never came back again
His back finally gave out trying to keep up the pace
His hands were no longer like his Dad’s
His heart was broke again, never to mend again
His heart was the only thing that was just like his Dad’s
His son, the youngest one, would look up to him
His son dirtied his hands and proudly called them working man’s hands
His son said good-bye to his father as his dad closed his eyes
Good-bye
This poem was written/submitted by Rex Smith.
0 It was his voice that crossed the fringe of sleep –
Cheerful, routine, a flight of stairs away;
And though the meadow grass is not so high,
Again we go, my hand curled up in his,
To look for larks’ nests, teasels and moon-daisies.
Ahead of me along the sea-wall dip
His friendly back and jaunty shrimping-net,
While my fist grips a spade to stem the tide.
I ride his knees again; again he trims
My wayward fingernails and stamps his foot
To simulate the fall of each huge paring.
The armchair back encurves his silver head;
His crimson slippers stretch towards the fire
That he has built to last until the morning.
This poem was written/submitted by Damaris West.
0 You are more than a mother,
You are more than just another,
You are my best friend.
From day one,you’ve been by my side,
And you’ve always told me to never hide.
You said you’d always be there,
and you’d always care.
You told me you’d love me forever,
And not a day goes by where I don’t hear those 3 little words,
I Love You.
And I want you to know that this much is true,
Even though I’m not a little kid anymore
I love you.
This poem was written/submitted by Trisha Cain.
0 While you were gone, I sat around and was not sure of what to do.
You were my life, my soul and with you, here I had control.
I never thought that I would be left on my own.
Even though, I know it’s not long before you return home.
In the meantime, I’m confused because I do not function without you!
I’m used to sitting down and sharing my morning coffee with you.
I miss being able to come home to you and tell you all about my day.
I miss so many things, why did you have to change my ways?
I can’t call you because you are too far away.
I wish you could just come home, why didn’t you stay?
I am scared and afraid something may happen to you!
What am I going to say, when daddy does not come home again?
How am I supposed to tell them that daddy died in war?
Our children are too young to understand what you are fighting for.
Oh honey, please return home!
I was terrified when the bell rang and I had to answer the door.
Is it you; or someone telling me of you nevermore!
I started to cry, and the tears just continued to roll down my eyes.
Timmy and Sammie came running to the door.
I am so happy to know that it was YOU!
Now, the children can see their daddy once more.
This poem was written/submitted by Vanessa M. Gutierrez.
0 A Night with Hurricane Isabel
Two grandsons different as could be
Put a glow in the hearts of granddad and me,
Hurricane Isabel came and threatened us
but in these two boys we put our trust
one stayed by his granddad side
and gave him support while waters raised inside.
and when it came to leave
he pulled his granddad to safety you see
the other grandson walked to his grandmas side
to stay with her as the waters raised a high tide.
there he stayed with her through the night,
and kept her safe until morning light
he kept her spirits high and never let her fear
he looked after her with her tender loving care
the love these two grandsons showed
will ever be a bright light in our hearts a glow
they gave us a gift we will never let part
showing their love with all their hearts.
This poem was written/submitted by Carol C. Yates.
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