Dear Dad,
at the edge
of foam
looking out
to sea
your silver boat
no longer gleams
your plastic face
fell off
long ago
never knew nothing
harder
than watching you
disappear
still stopped by silver hair
i just stand and stare
but it’s never you
could of sworn it was
but it never is
i walk away
pushing your boat
back out
i go find something
to eat
something to drink
a bed to sleep
and i wake up
again
in the quiet
wish i’d recorded
your laugh
so i could play it back
when things get
off track
and i can’t seem
to see
what i need to see
photos lie
anybody can smile
for a second
the joy of being
with someone you truly love
is a circle
without numbers
without seconds without minutes
without hours
there is no yesterday
no today
no tomorrow
the past, the present, the future
matters not
not on this watch
this clock
there is no start
no stop
it just is
TL