The King's Will - "Passport", live at Poejazzi, C.A.M.P., 13.12.11 (#9/13)

http://thekingswill.com/

Passport
I have your passport.
What more could I ask for?
From its few clues, I can soon deduce
Who you were, how much further in your pursuit
That I have to go, for it's natural
That a son plays catch-up, that's his role;
Yes, that's his role...
...So; Dad, you came from Uganda
Born in its Northeast in early Forties...
It's clear from the cluster of stamps in here
You loved Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania -
Loved travelling,
Dressed sharp as a javelin;
Handwriting, sleek...yes, I see comparisons;
Even your jackets I wear as well,
Those Seventies classics that they rarely sell -
And look! I outgrew you, I six-foot-twoed you,
Touché, you lose, at six-foot-one;
And as for professions, we've different ones...
Didn't mimic you as a medic - I loathe blood -
But I've opened more wounds than you ever closed up,
Sewed up, since we poets, we bare souls
More urgently than you surgeons repair souls...
...It says here you were born five days from Christmas;
I used to own your leather-bound book of Scriptures
But to my mother, that's now been restored
For my rapport with the Lord isn't warm as yours,
Isn't warm as yours...
...Speaking of Mother, given you're her husband
You'd think she'd mention you loads, but she doesn't;
I guess she's still upset that you went to war
But when she talks of you, there's an impressive warmth:
"He's the best man, you can rest assured;
Didn't think that the fist was the best resort;
Only thing, I confess, that I'm left to mourn's
That he walked in the steps of the less mature..."
Your passport:
Its expiry date is July '86
But you hadn't needed visas for ages since -
See, impatiently, you couldn't wait to leave
So you'd boarded the gate in late eighty-three
Off to where there are no air fares,
Or cares...Your passport:
Its number is 74562
That's short for "Forever, Dad, will I miss you";
And since you didn't ever get to fly the route
That you should have, I will claim the skies for you

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[PiersR]

Pip sent me.

[wanjeeta]

@dannyvonsnot I'm guessing that you're using gay as an insult? What a shame.

[ethecome]

This is really touching

[bobwaits]

I think this is amazing ......

[TomTraubert1967]

This is incredible.

[MusicIsRemedyTV]

touching piece

[Dannyvonsnott]

Not me, my bellend friend

[Dannyvonsnott]

@Dannyvonsnott not the poem tho, thats great

[Dannyvonsnott]

@wanjeeta gay



[wanjeeta]

Felt this so much. I cried. Happy-sad tears

[abacus368]

haha me to. this is truely stunning............