Papa, please Dance.

Father will you dance with me?

The young innocent girl asked the man.

The elderly father shook his head in regret,

I don’t believe I can.

The man was old and bent with age,

Arthritis in one knee.

Oxygen tube attached.

The father insisted,

Go dance with all those nice young men,

Don’t bother dancing with me

But the daughter was persistent,

It’s the last song of the eve

Want you dance with me,

I will hold onto you tight

And then we’ll take our leave?

The father thought about his life,

The error, joy and trial.

How many years had he yet to live

And see his daughter smile?

The man looked at her face and knew

God was giving him a chance.

So boldly he took his daughters hands 

In what would be his final dance.

Reviews

[Shae-Leigh Johns]

this is beautiful this is such a touching and heartfelt piece. :)

[Dhrit Khona]

Amazing! Just left me thinking

[rndarly23]

How sad. :( Really could touch someone's heart. Don't stop writing and sharing please!!! :)

[ashleymarie]

It's quite amazing. The fact is that you don't know when your last day will be. You don't know when at what point in time you're going to take your last breath. This is reality. It's cute, and yet bitter sweet.

[beautiful dreamer]

oh god this is heartbreaking!!! but so good! i love hate it so much. such good writing, keep up the good work!

[The Black Warrior]

Aww, this is so cute! I can see myself and my dad in this poem...I still haven't dance with you :( waiting for that day to come!

Thank you for sharing your wonderful work :))

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, a very bittersweet write...but we must always take that final dance, while we can.

jacob

[Meraki]

Noo... that's bittersweet. But it's a beautiful poem. Well done, Sir. Well done.

[Lauren]

This is so beautiful! I was reading an article the other day about people, who in their final moments revealed that they had many things they wish they had done in life, and I'm glad that the ending was such that he did in fact dance with her. Very eloquent and well written!

[Cool Girl]

That last line was enough to make me tear up. It was so beautiful:)