no further than this

no further than this

my father’s hands

callused

  cracked

    cement lined

  resting quietly

on his knee

sitting me

~

my father’s boots

coughing

  along the concrete 

    after work 

  arriving home

for tea

hugging me

~

my father’s dungarees 

denim

  buckle strapped

    tobacco tin

  top pocket

ashed 

lifting me

~

my father’s tattoo 

love jean

  well i mean

    it was in the war

  in egypt 

demobbed 

it suited me

~

my fathers curls

shinning

  pencil moustache 

    david niven 

  handsome

days

in my dreams

~

in my mind

    my father’s hands

  my father’s boots

my father’s dungarees 

   my father’s tattoo 

    my fathers curls

my father’s me