I. The father is a gnarled tree
entwining his family, limbs
reaching deep into their darkness.
entwining his family, limbs
reaching deep into their darkness.
II. The father is the land left
fallow,
the neighbors complaining about
the wind blowing away good topsoil.
the neighbors complaining about
the wind blowing away good topsoil.
III. The father is a vision
from
the mountaintop, shimmering hope
for life everlasting, He's just a man.
the mountaintop, shimmering hope
for life everlasting, He's just a man.
IV. The father is old as dirt.
He says he
doesn’t remember his life with you.
All those years and still unavailable.
doesn’t remember his life with you.
All those years and still unavailable.
V. The father is a river flowing
rapid
in spring. By summer drought he’ll be
nothing but a trickle. Then gone.
in spring. By summer
nothing but a trickle. Then gone.
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