Poetry

Back in the day I use to be way more of a writer than I am now. Part of me would like to get back into it. I found it was a creative release and another way to explore some issues. The following is a brand new poem that I wrote the other day.

A Father's Shadow

JM Kraemer

At the time of my birth,

I was held in his arms.

Resting in my father's shadow.

As I grow and as I learn

Lessons that he has passed to me.

I crawl in my father's shadow

As a teen I am one to test limits,

Yet the lessons still remain,

I walk in my father's shadow.

As an adult I still have much to learn,

Passing along the wisdom he has gained

I still am in my father's shadow.

As I grow older with wisdom of my own,

The thoughts and words that I use.

I am passing my father's shadow.

At this I now fully understand,

What all those lessons have prepared me for.

I have left my father's shadow.

As I age with the passing of time.

It dawns on me this simple reality,

I have become my father's shadow.