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Original Poetry from Adan Lerma
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Artist's Comment: had wanted to post this poem sooner, but just before father's day is still good :-)
a few years after i wrote this (had sold it for several yrs in malls personalized for gifts with other work from my wife sheila), i read it at a small poetry group in galveston, where each of us would get feedback from the group
i sometimes think of the burly gifted poet there who gruffed that he'd been "tricked," saying the poem started out so light, he hadn't seen the progressive deepening of feeling it evoked in him
it meant a lot to me then, and it means a lot to me now, "thank you"
related poem: "ok, dad"
adan - june 9, 2008 - to "if dad's were..."
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"the act of giving your thoughts to one you love can be as important as
the thought itself" - adan
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If Dad's Were...
If Dad’s were buzzsaws
you’d be the cutting edge.
If Dad’s were trees
you’d shade all my days.
If Dad’s were cars
you’d have the best warranty
and best long term value.
If Dad’s were mountains
you’d show me the path
past the roughest of boulders.
If Dads were diamonds
you’d be the rough but
polished stone
showing me the value of promise.
And if Dad’s were change
in one’s pocket, you’d be
the gem of a coin carrying
value from a past
worth saving , into my future.
© 1994-2008 adam light creations /
adan lerma
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