Sky Smiles

A poem for Dad on his 74th birthday....

Woke up mid-dream
Last night
(Last night = wee hour morning)
Awakened by 
Broken sad
Mourning

My whole life
This date 
Has been a
Celebration
Of life

My dad's life -
A soul who entered 
This realm 
November 24-
74 years of love
Ago

Today this date
Brings tears
And morning mourning
Followed by blue sky
Up on the red roof 
Fully alive 
Generating compost
Organic buzzing bee garden
Community
And possibility

Improv 
Lost key 
Kitchen studio 
Boots on ladders
Roast beef sprout
Ciabatta
Pirates of the Carribbean
Stories 
Of lobsters
Racing in
Crusty rolls of butter

Once, 
Years ago,
I found my too soon gone 
Grandma in the sky

Today,
In a swing 
Overlooking a river
Graced by such
Beautiful bridges
Touching sky 
Whilst grounding feet 
Step by stepping ever 
over water
Beneath sky

Today I felt my daddy...
I sensed him
Smiling down 
upon November,
Gently holding 
My heart

And I couldn't help but feel
The way he gently firmly let go
Of my pink stripe 
banana seat bike
As i rode down the hill
Of Kosta Drive
All those years ago

That moment I knew he knew
I could do this myself
And gave me the beautiful gift 
Of setting me 
and my bicycle free.