Comforting always, smiling bright,

Killing darkness, igniting light,

Quietly leading, gentle touch,

Expecting little, giving

I can still remember the day
though it was so long ago
When he walked out and left
for reasons I did not know

Though he was

I never had a dad.

It really use to make me real sad.

But now I am past all that.

My dad had no tact and that's a fact.

The

July 1978

Seated beside my dad,
Pro-Keds up on the dashboard,
legs jiggling in anticipation,
driving toward the city,
over

(I wrote this for my Dad's 80th birthday. We had a big party all around the theme of the world's greatest sports fan, which