There were times you came home late at night.
There were times you missed my play at school.
There were times you don’t even want to listen to my explanations.
There were times I don’t understand you.
There were times I hate you so much.
I tried so hard to make you proud.
I tried so hard to be the son you want me to be.
I tried so hard to be perfect.
I tried so hard to make you understand.
I tried so hard to make you love me.
Now I am just like you.
I am a grown man.
I am a husband.
I am a father.
I grew up to be just like you.
One day, I picked up the phone and called my father.
It was his birthday.
I told him that I always hated him that I forgot how to love him.
I thank him for being a wonderful father for all these living years.
Without him I couldn’t have made it.
I told my father that I love him and I am going to make up all the lost times.
He told me that he have been waiting for me to say those words for years.
He died peacefully in his sleep the next day.
To all the father,
Happy father’s day!
