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Sentinel Dad
Silent he,
the Sentinel Dad,
rampart high,
just beyond emotion's walls-
over which
messages are tossed;
and gifts showered saying
'I love you child.'
But he did not
leave enough
his Provider Post-
manned at all costs
but silently spoke
miming
'don't you know
I love you most? '
And I
in child's reply
could not hear-
craving instead
a child's hug.
I eventually understood
someone must
bear the lonely watch
so that others might sit
the warming fire;
part destiny
part parts played
by Dad
and me.
Love
seen
and unseen;
Father-soldiers born
and then they die.
his duty
stoked on rampart high
wick burned low
each night;
occasionally I see
ember sentiments float by
muted, inarticulate
love's firefly’s extent
just beyond
my child's eye;
so cruel this:
Security
and Love
bent
by circumstance—
both he and I.
poem
by
Lonnie Hicks
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