"Forgive my father"
I took you to the city
carried you in my pocket
a little blue and dog-eared
from long waiting
but still ready
an empty box
that never leaves my mind
I kept looking
over my shoulder
looking for your face
swaying like a pendulum
looking forward
holding back
looking forward
holding back
Until dizzy eye
couldn't see
I fell asleep
my heart calling
(the line was busy)
across time
for no answer
for the answer
for no answer
for the answer
So instead
I took your hand
and prayed
And began to wait
for you
Now instead of
chasing me
through days
and two ways unsettled
wounded
and
willful
I wait for you
to come to me
to sit beside me
in a calm place
for us to smile
and not to speak
but to be in a place
At Peace
unchanging
