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A Driving Strength


Often I remember,
                                             How, with love, you cared,

                                               Even when in adulthood,

                                             Journeys, that we shared.

     
                       When driving was a  'NO'  for me,

                                       Your love shone, OH SO BRIGHT,

                                   YES, you were tired from working long,

                                           Yet still went out at night


                                         To pick me up from train station,

                                                  So safe home, I arrived,

                                          I loved those trips,  just us alone,

                                          A strengthening bond, it thrived.


                                 Approaching th’age you were, back then.

                                            I’m sensing HOW you felt,

                                   Yet out of  PURE,  SHEER  LOVE   for me,

                                           To weariness, did not melt.

                          

                     So once again, I thank you dad,

                                    And thrilled, you saw me through;

                                When eventually, the times did change,

                                         And I got to drive you, too.  

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