Days That I Have Known

Days That I Have Known

A Poem by Tate Morgan
"

Oh please just let me be gracious and smile when the day draws near Then wish him well, as time will tell if I can overcome my fear

"

Tatertot


The days of life are winding down

as I but fear what lies ahead

My son has reached that time in life

that always filled my mind with dread



There's just a year until that day

when I just hope that I may grow

To be the man, I pray I can

as the time comes to let him go



This week we go on vacation

and as we share these times of  joy

Within the bonds of family

he'll spend his last days as a boy


I've done what I set out to do

back so many a year ago

 Instilling in him foundations

of all the things he needs to know



Oh please just let me be gracious

and smile when the day draws near

Then wish him well, as time will tell

if I can overcome my fear



For then my son will be a man

with strength to face the new found dawn

In knowledge that he's not alone

as my heart breaks for all that's gone



tatearis's  album on Photobucket






© 2021 Tate Morgan


Author's Note

Tate Morgan
I knew this this day would come. It is so near I can taste it. I will walk out to see him off with a smile upon my face. Give him the speech I like to call "what it means to be a man". Tell him to trust his instincts. Never take something for nothing. Never take unfair advantage of another nor let them take unfair advantage of him. Help those who need it and respect all the women in his life. "Son the value of a man lies not in what he owns, but in what he gives to others". Then I'll wave as he sets off, as my heart simply breaks.

My Review

Would you like to review this Poem?
Login | Register




Featured Review

Warmth and tenderness wash over me in waves as I read this moving piece penned straight from your heart. The values you ask of your son as he sets sail on the winds of life are embedded in his DNA, for he is your son and has learned by watching you embody those values. It will take practice, like riding a bike for the first time takes practice and little bit of blood, but his foundation is strong. May his compass always guide him to a true north, so that he always knows where home is, the place he can always return to, and be fully embraced. Yes, your heart will break, it will never be the same again, but the wonders of watching him live out his life are well worth the pain.

Posted 11 Years Ago


2 of 2 people found this review constructive.

Tate Morgan

11 Years Ago

I thank you very much I am trying my best



Reviews

[send message][befriend] Subscribe
ron
Its every parents hope that we do right by our children. It sounds like you gave him more than what he needs to lead his life in the right direction. Nice job.

Posted 11 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

11 Years Ago

thank you very kind of you
ron

11 Years Ago

You are most welcome. Keep up the good work as Father and a poet.
Tate Morgan

11 Years Ago

I will do my best thanks
I don't what to say. The poem, your commenting on every single review. I also dread the day my oldest is just at tht stage of kinda giving up on childish things but still being my little girl. I'm sure for you it will all work out-- hold onto the memories and make new ones with him


Posted 11 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

11 Years Ago

I wrote of the same thing for my daughter in the poem The roots of Love
Wonderful! very heart warming! I am pretty sure he grows up very well Tate with you guiding him!

Posted 11 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

11 Years Ago

He and I are about to head back after a week and a half at myrtle beach it has been fun
Jadey

11 Years Ago

wow! great! Father & Son bonding!
I just sent mine off two weeks ago. He moved out. I bawled like a baby.

Posted 11 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

11 Years Ago

Thank you I am sure I will hurt just as bad
I have four boys and I know this day will come at some point. However it is the pinnacle of our teaching. It is the test of how we raised them to be good men. He will still come to you when new tests arise and life throws curve balls. The initial elementary journey is over. He will move on to higher learning but you will always be his greatest teacher. I am moved yet again by your words brother.

Posted 11 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

11 Years Ago

Thank you brother it is all we can hope for in life
Filled with a well known sadness. Such beautiful words to describe this very emotional period.

Posted 11 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

11 Years Ago

Thank you I am grateful to you
[send message][befriend] Subscribe
Nix
This is an amazingly emotional poem that nearly everyone can relate to somehow. I felt myself coming very close to tears while reading this. Amazing poem.

Posted 11 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

11 Years Ago

Thanks I am not on much today as in on vacation but I waned to thank you
This poem is an interesting study in the contexts of life stages, and very provoking for me as well. It causes me to turn the notion over and over of past stories and their vulnerability, because many of them bleed with raw emotion. Documenting each particular moment is essential at times, but an extreme obstacle that takes a courageous heart to overcome.

Posted 11 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

11 Years Ago

Thank you I am not on but a minute as I'm on vacation
A beautiful heartfelt write. Loving and letting go, something all parents can relate to. No matter how old he gets, he will always be your baby boy. You've instilled great values, and now it's his turn to go out into the world and make his dad proud. As for you Tate, it's a difficult transition, but you'll be fine my friend. Stay strong and savor every moment spent with him.

Posted 11 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

11 Years Ago

Thank you I am having a good time with him at the beach
That's a beautiful testament to your son and a fathers love. I must say it is a life I wish I could have had. It is a life I have dreamed about. Having never known my father, or really only knowing what a bitter woman would tell me of him I often got into trouble at school making up stories about my father being this or my father being that. But when it comes right down to it, the words you have so eloquently penned are all a boy really needs. I fear having kids of my own even as my wife is four months pregnant. I hope I will not turn out like my father. I hope I will be able to touch his life and teach him things like these. Thanks for posting words that perhaps you didn't know would encourage a man like me.

Posted 11 Years Ago


Tate Morgan

11 Years Ago

My own father was nothing to brag about And yet I manger to over come that so can u

Share This
Email
Facebook
Twitter
Request Read Request
Add to Library My Library
Subscribe Subscribe


Stats

5214 Views
97 Reviews
Shelved in 3 Libraries
Added on June 24, 2013
Last Updated on April 4, 2021
Tags: poetry

Author

Tate Morgan
Tate Morgan

Marion , OH



About
Available from Amazon XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I am a product of the Midwest. Raised on the plain states of North America. I was nurtured on a .. more..

Writing
Pain Pain

A Poem by Tate Morgan


Memories Memories

A Poem by Tate Morgan



Related Writing

People who liked this story also liked..


Peaches Peaches

A Poem by Tate Morgan


Heart Heart

A Poem by Tate Morgan