074. Failed Father Comments

the water shows no reflection ............nicely written i don't think my father taught me to love and i don't know if he loved me either, BUT i thought he was a good father and he provided well for his family. my wife sometimes accuses me of not knowing how to love, but she is JUST woman, so what does SHE know! ? [that is supposed to be darkly-funny] i am not romantic, but hey, i never saw my parents being romantic, and rarely, if ever, affectionate towards one another. they had their good times and bad times but basically were together for over 60 years and raised five pretty good human beings. my condolences to the speaker in this poem. : ( a well-rendered so·lil·o·quy; yes, i checked the definition and spelling and pasted the word here. soliloquy, that is; that's why it is full of hyphens. nice, Prof. ............i tried to see the mother poem also, but didn't get it to appear the first time; i'll try again. :) bri