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    April , 2005 - I Cannot


    My son
    as I look at thee,
    from your mother's womb
    so beautifully
    so full of life
    you are so much of me.

    You will be great one day
    my son,
    leader of peoples
    bastion of hope
    follower of One.

    I will hold you
    I will mold you
    I will grow you

    My father
    as I look at thee,
    from my mother's bosom
    so beautifully
    so full of strength
    you whom I want to be

    I will be great one day
    my father,
    leader of peoples
    bastion of hope
    follower of One

    I will heed you
    I will respect you
    I will honor you



    Time has passed for me,
    things are not what they were to be...



    My father
    as I look at thee,
    from failures doorstep
    so tragically
    so full of doubt
    oh regretfully

    I have become nothing
    my father,
    pity of peoples
    phantom of hope
    leader of none

    I have failed me
    I have crushed me
    I am embittered


    My son
    as I look at thee,
    from my dreams gone
    so emphatically
    so full of chagrin
    oh you are not of me

    You have become picayune
    my son,
    least of my offspring
    underachievement your citadel
    slightest in honor
    most vile to obey.

    You're feelings matter not
    your happiness trite,
    can I salvage this wreck, this aberration,
    are you even worth the plight...

    ...

    My father
    as I cannot look at thee,
    from dissapointment's gates
    no words
    no worth
    from most vile of kin,
    so much hatred emenates...

    I cannot please,
    I cannot ease,
    respect I cannot earn,
    I cannot,
    I will never be able to
    nothing will do.

    I cannot
    I cannot
    I cannot please you...

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