LOTS OF WORDS

8.13.11 Prompt 1 What Does This Word Mean?

Prompt 1: “A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.” ~Charles Peguy

Daddy, a word,
A common word,
But what does it mean?

To the widowed mother
it means memories.

To the bruised wife
it means lies.

To the abused child
it means fear.

To the happy child
it means protection.

To the single mother
it means bitterness.

Daddy, a word
with so many definitions.

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