Bittersweet Sunset

by Lee O’Connell

DaddyDaddyDaddy

It’s Sunset

and finally

you saw me.

After years of getting by on that

one motorcycle ride

milked for all its worth

over and over again,

sounding like a recurring event

that one time.

DaddyDaddyDaddy

That’s all I ever longed for,

to curl up in the knowledge

of being wanted,

to see my reflection in your eyes.

DaddyDaddyDaddy

as the sun set

you held my face in your hand and

gave me the whole world

in three words.

Me & Dad April 2018

                                                                                            Dad on his Harley, 1939