Dear dad,
I wonder if you have pictures of me,
and reminisce on the times we used to play basketball in the park,
Do you remember playing your PlayStation basketball game?
and me watching right next to you trying to learn the controls,
and getting frustrated that I didn’t understand
You being a man took the time to teach me the game,
and now all I do is game and wish,
that you were here next to me today so we could play like the good old days.
I’d love to show you how far I came,
from that little smart ass boy that cried all day who always was giving
to this young man trying to pace his way in the writing game.
I wish you could see all the things I write about.
I wish you were there to see me accomplish my greatest feats,
achieving not one,
but two college degrees.
I wonder if you’re proud of me.
One day we’ll sit down with a bottle of Hennessy
and this time I’ll tolerate it because the first time my curious ass drank
it, my mother screamed on you for being so careless
