Saturday, June 18, 2011

LONG DISTANCE FATHERHOOD AND ANGST

NAMESAKE
By Juan Montoya

And I won't be there
when disconsolate
you'll cry
Because
you pinched your hand
or
when playing ball
got hit, hurt
or things don't go so well

Neither will I exult with you in victory
or soothe the agony of your defeats
While others turn and find someone
to share with them their joys
or pains
you'll be alone
I will be gone





And I won't be there to counsel

and prevent slips

in adolsecent years

that might result on adult tears

bound by grey walls and chains

Arrows that soar
from miles away
unseeing, find me
In sleep, I dream
of shielding you from all
Instead, I lie awake
and feel you from afar.

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