Tin man

another song about when my father had cancer

tin man please tell me
how do you keep,the strength you do?
tin man please tell me
how can you stand after everything?
you've hit the worst,and yet you've never seemed stronger

tin man please explain
how you walked through a war or two,
tin man, how can you still smile?
you must be in agony yet you still manage it so well

i know this thing has got you, literally by the throat
but i know its not in you just to give up
and i know you don't want me to see you like this,dad
but you'll always be tin man you'll always be my tin man

tin man please tell me
how do you still breathe?
tin man please share
are you ignorant or simply special?
you cant even talk and still you crack those bad jokes

tin man,please show me
how did you get so tough?
tin man teach me
how do you stare down that gun?
i know there isn't time dad,but you still make me so proud

i know this thing has got you, literally by the throat
but i know its not in you just to give up
and i know you don't want me to see you like this,dad
but you'll always be tin man you'll always be my tin man

i know this thing has got you, literally by the throat
but i know its not in you just to give up
and i know you don't want me to see you like this,dad
but you'll always be the tin man you'll always be my tin man
















 

Reviews

[Geminair]

i wrote this at 15 when my farther was diagnosed with throat cancer i am re posting this in a few places this week as a further tribute to my awesome,but quite poorly dad who has just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease,thank you for reading

[Jenny Nelson]

He's strong for you and the others he loves. This is a wonderful poem full of honest emotion, exceptionally well expressed. You did a great job here with your writing and it's a wonderful tribute to your dad.