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My Father Will Live Forever

November 7, 2015
By Bridgeport ELITE, Columbus, Ohio
Bridgeport ELITE, Columbus, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
“Don’t let anyone ever make you feel like you don’t deserve what you want.”
- Patrick Verona, 10 Things I Hate About You


through my muscle memory;
he will be in the movement of
my outstretched fingers
as I reach down to greet
every animal that crosses my path.

His voice will bleed into my own when
I glance outside,
noting the torrential downpour
with a helpful exclamation:
“The rains! The dreaded rains!”

I already know that
he is here,
pounding through my veins
in those rare moments
that I soar.

My life will be filled
with wonder and catastrophe,
and my father,
my corny and passionate and
filled-to-the-brim-with-love father,
he will be there,
with me,
his gentle optimism pulling me up
out
along.



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