Take The Time

Take The Time

 

For so many years, growing up was painful for me

I always felt alone

My father never had time for me, even if he did

We never talked

To me, he was simply the enforcer who never let up

How could I talk to him?

He never understood what I was going through

He never tried

To him, I was merely a child who didn’t understand

The pressures he had

All I cared about was girls and football

How could he talk to me?

On a daily basis we only saw each other in passing

The words I love you didn’t exist

We were never together, I had my friends he had work

We never had time

Suddenly something magical happened

Neither of us could avoid

He needed help on a project and I was the only one there

What choice did we have?

We were forced to actually communicate

Then we discovered something

We weren’t the people we thought each other to be

We could actually laugh together

Somehow, we didn’t seem so different anymore

Finally, we were father and son

From that day on both of our lives had changed

The gap between us was gone

Now my father has passed on

I will always be grateful for the time we spent

Getting to know each other

While learning the value of “family”.