Explanation:
This seems to be a fairly popular piece due to the reactions from many who have read it. My father was married once before and sadly his wife's infidelity led to the end of the marriage but not without the birth of his daughter, Jamie. Throughout the past 18 years I have watched him fight for his daughter with passion and determination that I have yet to see equaled. The divorce was not a pleasant one and his ex threw accusations of abuse and the like that when honestly viewed are easily seen as the contrived lies they are. My father has never lost his temper in my presence or in any of those friends I know. I have seen his moments of anger, but I have always seen therewith his coherence to the Word, "...in your anger do not sin." He is what psychologists refer to as passive-aggressive. He will have a moment of passionate anger but it diminishes even faster than it comes and those moments are few and far between. I myself have tried to memic this. I believe that I like my father could never in rage strike another human. Even when I practiced boxing and envisioning my goal it was difficult to put a human face on that which I pummeled. This poem is a dedication to that passion for love and disgust of hate that my father carries. If you ever looked at my father and asked yourself, "Would he prefer to greet me with a smile, a handshake or rather a hug?" it is easy to say that his cup of compassion runneth over. I saw a father and son on the bus the day before I wrote this and it struck me as to how contrasting they were...the boy maybe 3 or 4 years old and the father looking near 40. One towered at 6 1/2 feet at least but yet reached all the way down to hold the hand of the child no more than 3 feet tops. It was an image of what fathers and sons have between them, And no human has the right to try and take away.
p.s.- if you look at the final line...."2 twenty dollar bills" you will notice that on the $20 bill the president is Jackson. This is a subliminal reference to the idea of 2 Jacksons which are viewed not as humans but rather simple cash, a jab at the court systems for their incompassion for people during a divorce and the what lies at stake. |
