Source:
Adults
Author:
Eve Becker
Title:
Daddy's girl
On his seventieth birthday we went skiing kids pointed at his plus fours and laughed at his old leather boots I smiled at him then he smiled back 'you wait and see' -is what we thought (I've never seen more grace on a slope) On his eightieth birthday we had a family party young cousins sighed and rolled their eyes when he told his stories I smiled at him then he smiled back 'one day they'll understand' -is what we thought (His life is the best story I've ever heard) On his eighty-fifth birthday we visited him in hospital the doctors said very little about the cancer that lived in his body I smiled at him then he smiled back 'not yet' -is what we thought (I can still picture him tap-dancing in his hospital gown) He is still here you know smiling at me when he sees me doubting 'keep going, you're doing well' -is what he's thinking.
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