Father and Daughter
By larry r Linville

I watch a dad with his little girl
her cute red dress and pretty brown curl.
She sits in his lap then down on the floor
Then back in his lap to snuggle some more.

It doesn’t seem so long ago
I was the dad in that picture.
A boy and a couple of girls
filled my life with much the same mixture.

It seems very short but it’s not
since a granddaughter sat on my lap
as I tried to keep her occupied
trying to teach her how to clap.

As I watch that young dad today
there’s no way he can understand
how I sit here and recall memories
which he’s experiencing first hand.

Someday he’ll watch such a scene
overwhelmed by all the memories
and he’ll celebrate all those times
he had a child sitting on his knees.