A Poem For Father's Day

Remembering Father

Father, I remember
when you were the pattering feet
of sunlight stealing across the bedroom
inviting me to a new morn,
when you were the circle
of warmth that my Teddy's
two armed embrace could not be,
when you stooped low enough
to enter the tent I played in,
when your Kodak froze my smile
& instead of exhibiting it in a gallery
you hid it in your purse
for a private viewing,
when I failed, you did not
cloud the panes of my window
and dirtied the frame of my heaven
with the breath of angry words.

Tonight I am gazing at the sky
seeing not the dark velvet of your absence
but the embroidered stars, delighted
that you are still threading light
into my life.

Posted by Plus Ultra in memory
of his father Ng Yeh Chiu.