Note to an Absent Father

Charles Ray
You left before I was born;

Nothing but a faint memory

From tales told around the

Fire at night; heavily weighted

With pain of rejection.

They told me I had your face

And personality, but I cannot

Know. I dream, but in my

Dreams, your face is blank.



Published by Charles Ray - Featured Contributor in Travel

I ve been a free lance writer since the late 1960s. I have also published two books on leadership, Things I Learned From My Grandmother about Leadership and Life, and Taking Charge. For the next two years,...  View profile

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  • Janet Hunt5/14/2011

    Very poignant!

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