<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=383471" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Tatay</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">[To my Father, I Love You]</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Under the heat of the sun or heavy rain, <br>I watched you plow and toil the ground, <br>That seems to me like it was yesterday, <br>Of those years we have nothing but agony; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">With eight children, from twenty to five, <br>A widower at forty-five, you kept us alive, <br>But your dreams and high hopes you didn’t meet, <br>When the eldest began to separate; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">For once in your life, it didn’t cross in your mind, <br>Until your youngest ones left you one by one, <br>And supported you with nothing but their outrage, <br>When you married someone, too young for your age; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But I learned to let go of my selfishness, my anger, <br>And admitted the fact that you’ve now grown older, <br>You need more help as you walk slower and slower, <br>While I am too far away to be with you any longer; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet, no matter how far the distance between you and me, <br>It is your love that I’ve always kept in mind, <br>So whenever you may be when your time will come, <br>Bring my love with you and forgive me for all that I’ve done.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Efren+Petalver+Carranza">Efren Petalver Carranza</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=383471" data-title="Tatay de Efren Petalver Carranza" data-description="[To my Father, I Love You] Under the heat of the sun or heavy rain, I watched you plow and toil the ground, That seems to me like it was yesterday, Of those years we have nothing but agony; With eight children, from twenty to five, A widow..."></div> </div> </div>

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