i am my father's only child, <br />his daughter away from him <br />as i have fallen in love with a man <br />in a foreign land, like a decent woman <br />i have to go and live with him <br />give him children, raise them, <br />and teach them <br />what love is <br />how love can separate daughters from their fathers <br />how love can take a woman away from her country <br />how love can take her away from home and friends and <br />kin, <br /> <br />i am my father's only daughter and now in his old age <br />he visits me and sees how my love has borne fruits for him <br />i have given him grandchildren whose cheeks are like peaches <br /> <br />he tells me to go back home <br />and continue what he is doing there <br /> <br />live in his house <br />take my inheritance <br />cultivate his garden <br />enjoy the sun with him <br />tend his trees and flowers <br />smell the leaves of teas <br />and be with him again <br />until he dies, <br /> <br />how can i? <br /> i am already my husband's wife and my daughters' mother. <br /> <br />i am home.<br /><br />Suki Nakamura<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-daughter-away-from-father/
