Book Of Days
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found here in the pages
of the book of days
the neverending story
of fathers and of sons
in the book of days
clearly it is written
the father must move behind
as the child moves beyond
this is as it has been
since all of time began
the child growing stronger
becomes father to the man
and per the book of days
this is the way of nature
as the son becomes the father
the father bows away
yes, in our book of days
as it has been written
my time is growing short
I’ve less and less tomorrow
our space between grows greater
our time together lessens
as you pursue the future
I slip further into the past
yet in this father’s dream
our time would linger further
to soothe the mounting pain
of bittersweet farewell
I pray our book rewritten
to bend both time and space
and decree our time together
stretch beyond that far horizon
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rob kistner © 2018
(original version written 2011)
