Absent Father’s Day

 

Coupled together

Then ripped apart

My friend cries out in the dark

 

 

Remembers the pitter patter of tiny steps

Now alone in his bed sit with regrets

 

Coupled together

Warm and snug

The memories fade like the picture

On the mantelpiece

 

No words can explain

Or comfort the vacant lot

Of fathers tonight

Who have all

 But given up