My Father

By Tom Brown

Sat, 06 Dec 2014
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My father could be a pig. My father was fat and sweaty and shiny. He was a slob. He was dirty, ugly and nasty, crude and obscene. He could get rowdy. He was known as Buster, brutal and sometimes violent.
 
This was only when he was drunk.
 
He had very dark moods, commonly known as the black dog which usually lasts about two hours. Only later did I know it was much worse for him than us. Not once did he miss a day’s work somehow he never had hangovers.
 
Also he was the most noble man that you could ever hope to know. He was honest, sincere and truthful. When he was sober was gentle, kind shy and sensitive. With him around one always felt safe. He had terrific insight and courage, incredibly strong mentally and physically, always disciplined.
 
My grandfather was the same. I would never choose any other father for my father I miss him terribly. I loved my father.

 

Certificate U
Non-fiction
Beautiful People
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by Bee on

An honest tribute. 

Bee

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

So touching in its sincerity.  We don't love people because they are perfect, you show us this with passion and tenderness.

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Though lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.

–Dylan Thomas

 

Submitted by love_writing on

I liked this, as Bee says; its honest.

Being able to acknowledge the good and bad in people and still love them all the same, is something to be admired.  

love_writing

Submitted by Tom Brown on

I did love my father when he was drunk, I just loved him a lot more when he was sober. When he was sober he was an immensely strong man he was always my hero.

Tom Brown