just one
one father gone
just one
one of millions in a city
overcrowded by family units
countless fathers not yet gone
just one
countless heads of soft brown hair
countless warm brown smiling eyes
eyes which made the world revolve
pain dissolve
countless gentle ready hands
in countless lands
and pride and hope and eager dreams
and discipline and worry
and countless sleeping children blessed
by naked kisses
no one misses
one
just one
©1975 VJI
