We'll See

By Ewan

Fri, 21 Apr 2017
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I asked if you’d teach me to kick a ball

if you’d time to teach me the game,

but I learned to play just the same

while your No.1 hat still hung in the hall.

You never saw a match at all,

though even my brother watched a game

and I tried not to apportion the blame,

you always answered your country’s call.

So I gave up on your favourite sport,

became good at chasing a ball like an egg

and played it ‘til I became proud of me.

I wonder if you ever knew that I thought,

as I tried to plead and cajole and beg,

how I hated those dreadful words, “We’ll see.”

 

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Submitted by Ed Crane on

But generally they meant a good outcome for me.

Kind of brought back some memories. I hated (still do) football and my dad was pretty sad when I went to a school that played Rugby, I can't say I like Rugby either but at least I can sit through  a game.

 

Submitted by Ewan on

it's the kind of answer that sometimes doesn't serve up disappointment, but not for me.
I'll never forget the first time I heard "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin, I'm not afraid to say it still brings a tear to my eye now, when I hear it.

Thanks for reading and commenting, Ed

best

Ewan

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Submitted by catherine poarch on

Yes, I did enjoy it. It reminded me of my daughter a few years ago saying the worst words ever were 'maybe...' My maybe usually came down to money but this poem  seems more about not realising how brilliant childhood is and missing out on sharing it.

 

Submitted by Ewan on

part of the reason for the maybe/we'll see is not wanting to say no, and I understand that, but children grow up fast, don't they? 

Thanks for reading, Catherine, I hope you had money enough sometimes, and that you always said yes, when money didn't come into it.

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Ewan

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