Happy Father’s day. “Father’s burden”
(Life is fair. We learn life isn’t easy. We learn great respect for men stood their ground.)
Father’s burden.
A Poem by Coyote Poetry
My father taught me to appreciate laughter and woman.
Father’s burden
(My father was a Ojibwa/Mexican man in 1950 USA. He never allowed anyone to look down at him.)
Father didn’t drive no Cadillac.
He drove a old Pontiac.
He never complains.
He worked his 50 hours a week.
Paid his bills and drank his beer.
He got loud with his friends.
He likes the rum.
When the rum was plenty.
I heard him wish for things to be different.
He wanted his children to have all the good things.
All children had.
He told me to get a education so no-one will look down at you.
Father never had a lot.
He has learn to accept little.
I remember one Winter evening.
When he has too much rum.
He packed up the car.
He wanted to escape to California.
We would drive a few miles and he would fall asleep.
A attempt to escape his world.
With no escape for this Ojibwa/ Mexican man.
Sometime I drink the rum.
I laugh like my father.
Thank to men like him.
So many walls had fell down.
So I could have a good life.
My children can be proud to be Ojibwa/Mexican man or woman.
Father drove a old Pontiac.
He loved that old car.
John(COYOTE)
Hope you had a terrific Father’s Day… Much love, Lor
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Thank you. I did. I had a quiet day. Hard to find sometimes.
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A toast to Dads…and a Happy Father’s Day to you too John!
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Thank you.
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Lovely remembrance. Good looking man. No wonder he had 5 wives and 11 kids.
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He was a truck driver. Old days they got in trouble a lot.
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10 – 4 backdoor, pedal to the medal, taking it to the Tulsa turnaround, having Roadside Sally on the rebound.
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He did all that and more.
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Hahaha
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Indeed, we can learn much from those who stood their ground. your father seems a man to be much admired. Faulty but wise and proud. You may want to read my post for Father’s Day. I think your father would fit in with those – blood and honor – we have much to learn from them.
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I will stop by. Thank you for reading and the comment.
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I hope you have a good father’s day and that you are surrounded by the love of your children and grandchildren.
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Such a sweet poem from a good son… very sweet john coyote and thanks for reading my blogs! 🙂
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Old age teaches us. Life wasn’t always easy. Thank you for reading and the kind words.
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