Father

• Doua Benbatta, Grade 3, Westmead Public School
• Poetry
• 2019

2nd in the 'Inspired 2019' competition

Wherever I go I feel you, wherever I am I see you
you are in my heart, you are alive in my soul
you are every bit that make me a whole
you worked really hard for me,
You gave me all you could
You taught me about this life
You showed me everything the way a true man would
You taught me what was right,
Forbade against what was wrong
you believed in me all the way
You forgave me when I made a mistake on that day
But to this very day, I wonder why you left me
why when I loved you so much
why when I could remember every touch
When God came and called you
I wish he took me instead of you