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Last Easter When I Saw Him

Remembered hatreds
Choke in my throat
to see him, a gray haired MAN
a pizza delivery boy
And my imaginings, expectations
of the villain I hoped to find
Dissipate in the sunlight shining on his balding forehead
And he says “I miss you”
He means it, can’t help what he is, I guess
A young sailor who falls in love;
A storybook romance
Three beautiful children, then,
it goes sour.
I don’t know why; I suppose I never will.
Appointments he never kept
Letters he never wrote
Broken promises and unfulfilled hopes
They scatter in the dust.
I pick up the pieces and start again.
Understanding and accepting
He’s imperfect, but so am I
Forgiveness pours through me
Undependable, irresponsible, he is
But he loves me.
And it means the world to both of us
When I say, “I love you, Dad”
Written in 1976
Copyright © Catherine G. Tripp

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  • Home
  • About
  • Poems
    • Binary Shield © 2014
    • China Doll © 1974
    • City Sounds © 1982
    • Code Vision © 2014
    • HAIKU COLLECTION © 1976, 2016
    • Hair of the Dog © 2017
    • I Just Endure © 2014
    • Indian Flower © 1975
    • It's just there © 2017
    • Last Easter When I Saw Him © 1976
    • Lines on a Tiburon Ferry 2002
    • Listening to Amy © 2017
    • Mendocino in Bloom © 1982
    • Mine © 1977
    • Reflections in a Photograph © 1976
    • Road Musings © 1982
    • Starving Abroad © 1978
    • Taipei Day © 1979
    • The City © 1982
    • The Pain is Constant © 2013
  • Loan Goddess Wisdom
    • The REAL reasons for 2008 Meltdown
  • Short Stories
    • SOMA VAMP
    • Banking Stardom
    • Her Name Was Tera
    • Lake Sebring
    • The Making of an Empress
  • M. E. Pleasant
  • Performances
  • Diatribes and Deathless Prose