My Father...

 

The bathroom gas tap
was an option to escape.
I asked my father,
"Is there life after death?"
I waited...
while he considered his answer:
"Some people believe there is;
some don’t".
I decided to live...
what life I had left.

Since the day my father died,
his violence ended.

On the toilet seat,
I met a
new Father.
I could neither see Him
nor hear Him.
Just silence and...
peace He gave me,
Assured me that...
He would save me!

 
    (c) Dec 1993,
Alan C Dougall