Heart to Soul. A poem for my Father.

Take me with you when you fly

And leave me here unfinished

Take me when you leave again

To focus inward

For I would have legs So I could travel

A heart to beat 

So that I may breathe it

That flavor of it

The fight within

The never ending second guessing

For when I'm there with you

When the twisting of you

Begins again

I can try to unravel the fraying knot

And weave back together the ends unfinished

For you are born but once it seems

A flash of color, effervescence seamed.

And in this cloth, If I were with you

Your color would return, a happy finish

So take me with you when you fly

Do not leave me unfinished

Take me when you leave again

To focus inward

For I would see you

That which you fear

A broken vessel

So that I could fill it

And watch the water flow

In crack and crevice and broken handle

For I would see you

A happy finish