My Sons Birthed Day — Fatherhood Poem
I’ll never forget the day it came true — my fishing partner was born
I can still remember looking at myself in the mirror for the first time, as excited as ever!
I didn’t want to break up the reflection, I was actually excited about who I was becoming!
I'm looking back at it today and writing a poem because I hit the impossible, I reached a goal of mine to be a ‘full year clean’ before I turned into a parent!
I will never forget these memories created that day because that was the best day in my entire life!
I am SO grateful, SO LUCKY, and was so aware that when my son came out not screaming, not breathing, that nurse was right.
I just didn’t want to believe her, but the cord got stuck around his neck, they had to cut it and pull him out into the world without a peep or cry made us all silent.
It made 10 seconds feel like a year!
I said a short prayer and when he started to cry, we all broke down in happy tears!
I am very grateful to be able to tell our story today!
In dreams where fatherhood’s — ROAM, Visions of love with true guidance are — SHOWN. A bond so strong, a heart so — TRUE, Dreaming of the moments that led me straight to — YOU!
Imagining laughter, joy, and even — TEARS, Navigating through hopes while dad stole — FEAR. In dreams, a father’s role — UNFOLDS, My poetic story to parenting that never grows — COLD!
I dreamt of teaching and educating rather than guiding his — WAY, Creating memories hoping forever that — STAYED. Fatherhood was in my dreams, it’s a timeless — ART, A journey of my fatherhood that grew in my — HEART!
In the waits, waiting for love to — APPEAR, The dream of my fatherhood always showed — CLEAR. I always dreamt of becoming a father to my — CHILD. Now learning how to count numbers again isn't — WILD.
I remember my parents saying don’t wish your time away it goes by, way too FAST, that is why I already taught Welden, how to — CAST! He already knows how to grab minnows with his — HAND, when some people can’t catch fish from — LAND.
Fatherhood finds me every second of the — DAY, I take it one second at a time, sometimes even — PRAY! My dreams of fatherhood finally came — TRUE, When the nine months were up that took forever if you — KNEW!
People who have young children, but are always on that — PHONE, You need to picture that poor dog without a — BONE. I have the right perception of life now thanks to my — SON, he has the power to make things permanent come — UNDONE!
October 11th, 2021 at approximately 10:45 a.m. my son grasping for — AIR, the nurses reacted faster than my natural reaction but didn't— DARE, The stresses were there but it was a sense I had that it — LAnD, That’s when he cried loud and so we cried louder than I kissed his mom’s — HAND.
That was one of the most powerful days of my — LIFE, It's true now two years later he as is smart as a — KNIFE! I am grateful for the successful birth of my — SON, Just watching him take his first breath was not — FUN.
A sober parent in recovery plays a vital role in your child’s — LAUGHTER, It's not your job to pull the memories from the — RAFTER. I am not going to scream it, but I am praying that you — LISTEN, It deeply impacts the life of a child you take hand — FISHIN!
Here is the importance of a parent of a — SON in RECOVERY, You'll soon find out what's happened is — DONE is DISCOVERY!
Be a rolling model on the — FLOOR with a — TOY, him by the — CAR. A parent in recovery is the — DOOR with all — JOY, to go real — FAR!
