Larry Gardiner
© Larry Gardiner 2005, 2006
To my Children
My children have such a wonderful father
But sometimes no father at all
He is brave
He is clever
But mostly a fool
He is good
He is gentle
He does what is right
He struggles to stay human with all of his might
My children love their father but have much to forgive
Which they do
Quite readily
They are loyal
And accepting
‘Hold me in regard
And they never complain that life is so hard
My children are talented and clever and bright
They are thoughtful and wise
With tremendous insight
They deserve so much more than they ever receive
And despite all my failings they love and believe
The future inherits the gifts of our children
To repair the mistakes of the past
They need us to love them and trust them
To give the world hope at last
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This is a biographical exercise called Trudi Morello. It's a bit dark and a bit sad. To the best of my knowledge everything I've written is true but I can't prove it. There are a lot of gaps in this story. Click on the link to download it as a Word document that you can print and read.
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