Father's Day

I sat in my car
at the parking lot
of the Target store

with a Father’s Day
card I had just bought
for you

It had a lovely message
on the cover
and inside

words like ‘love’ and
‘gratitude’ in cursive form
words I never would

say to you but
are nice things
to have

in a Father’s Day
card. But I wanted
to write a personal

message. Something
from my heart. Something
honest

So I wrote
Dear Pa
on the blank side

of the card and
I stared
at the blankness

-Father's Day 2005