LOVE AND PRIDE

I ALWAYS LIKE To TAKE A WALK , DOWN  OLD MEMORY LANE

WHERE, ONCE MORE I FIND LIFE’S  JOYS, TEARS AND PAIN  

I STILL REMEMBER THE JOY I FELT THE DAY MY SON WAS BORN

IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW LIFE, A BEAUTIFUL  DAWN

       THEN CAME THE TIME I' D TEACH HIM TO TALK,HIS BABY TALK

       AND   HOLD   HIS  HAND AND HELP HIM TO WALK

        IT WAS FUN TO SEE HOW FAST ,THE LITTLE ONE  GROWS

       WITH ALL HIS TOYS...CARS, TRAINS, GUNS, BOW & ARROWS

I RE-LIVED MY LIFE WITH  HIM, THROUGH HIS GROWING YEARS

I LAUGHED WHEN HE LAUGHED AND SHARED HIS TEARS

YES, THERE WERE TIMES WE CAUSED EACH OTHER PAIN

WE LEARN FROM THE HURTS ,  AND THIS WAS, OUR GAIN

          BUT THE GREATEST JOY FOR A FATHER , IS TO SEE , BY IS SIDE

           HIS LIL’ BOY GROWN IN TO, A FINE HANDSOME YOUNG MAN

           IT’S A WONDERFUL WARM FEELING OF LOVE   AND   PRIDE

          A FEELING YOU WANT TO LAST, AS LONG AS IT CAN           

NOW I KNOW THERE COMES A TIME, TO STOP BEING JUST A FATHER

AND TO BE MORE LIKE A SPECIAL FRIEND

I KNOW THAT, HE LOVES ME & FEELS PROUD OF ME, TOO

LOVE & PRIDE,  TRULY MAKE A GREAT BLEND

                                             

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JOHN NIPPS

06.06.06

PS : BOTH  THESE POEMS WERE WRITTEN IN JUNE 2006, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS  THE EDITED VERSIONS .