Dad

Written in 2015

Clouds like frigates floundered,
Becalmed in azure air.
Because you loved the sky and land,
I knew that they were fair.

You looked at books with wonder
So I see them just the same;
And faded heirlooms as a door
To some forgotten day.

You thought my childish musings
Were worthy of your time;
And smiled as if my chatter
Evinced a brilliant mind.

I never felt too foolish
To say I couldn’t see;
You seemed delighted just to learn
The world afresh through me.

Keenly you attended
To all my rambling tales,
As if my growing were a song
That you were writing down.