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[sid] => 130337
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => Why
[time] => 2007-01-10 04:01:30
[hometext] => A write about a father and son, please comment if you like it, or don't
[bodytext] => An early morning A beautiful sun A young man awakens To return to where he's from He sits at the bus stop Tears in his eyes To make the long journey Home The bus soon pulls up And the young man gets on He looks at the people Some have hope others none His tears now drying He takes to a seat To wait for his journey Home The bus ride takes hours And hours on end The young man remembers How long it has been If they truly loved him Would it have taken so long But none of that matters back Home The bus comes to a stop Back in his home town The place he grew up Before he learned how to frown He walks to his old house And he knocks on the door His father answers And asks him what he's there for Hello father I've come home to say hello To tell you I love you And that I've missed you so His father stands still For a moment or two Then speaks into the silence "Why?" Early the next morning A young man awakes He showers in his hotel And goes to the bus stop to wait He sits at the bus stop Tears in his eyes To make a final journey His father lays still In his comfortable bed Tears streaming down his face He cannot sleep No matter how long he waits The tears they won't stop Wondering why he said Why [comments] => 2 [counter] => 175 [topic] => 48 [informant] => poet_of_anger [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 8 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => EmotionalPoetry )
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