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Fatherless Ship
By Steven Fales | August 1, 2010
This is one of many poems I wrote for my children. Being a father is the most important and challenging thing I have ever done. I love it.
Fatherless Ship
Salt Lake City, November 2007
Sometimes I feel like a fatherless ship
Aimlessly lost at sea.
I live in a world of mother-love
But without the love of a he.
I cannot seem to get ahead
No matter where I go—
And when the clouds grow thick and black
The waves me they o’er-throw.
Back in again—me and my crew
Of women wise and bold—
We cling to one another
As we forge against the cold.
The sea is ruthless in its aim
To swallow souls alive—
Without a captain we are doomed
Against the worldly tide.
For in this life of tears and woe
Out on the open sea—
Without the rudder of a dad
I wander endlessly.
Never making it back to port
In the arms of a loving dad—
I yearn and pray to someday know
The love I never had.
Oh, please come back to mom and us
Outstretch your faithful hand
And bring our vessel safely home
Back to the warm, dry sand.
Then we will play and toss a ball
And have the kind of fun
That families have who are intact
Like ours before undone.
There’s none to blame – no debt to pay
Now we are on firm land.
For we are found—our dad and us
This is the sacred plan.
For father brought us treasure troves
He did not us forget.
He simply had to find himself.
Forgiveness happens yet.
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