DADDY, DO YOU KNOW?

Daddy, do you know this day?
Can your travels bring you this far?
Do you know that your namesake
has hoisted his sails, and is ready to embark?

Daddy, do you know I’m here
and I look a lot like you?
Do you know that my voyage is nearing an end,
And soon I will know your truths.

Daddy, do you know the news
that there is a little child
who will learn about the man who’s name
he carries through life’s miles?

Daddy, you visit me in my dreams
and you comfort me with your smiles.
Will you enter the sleep of your great-grandson
So he will dream of waves to ride?

Janet Brice Parker ~ January 18, 2005
For Benjamin Brice Harrison