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Waiting on his Words by sydney baxter

30/10/2025

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The first time my dad took credit for his poetry in public was a tribute to his mother at her funeral. He masterfully articulated that her hands, now tired, bent and broken, were solemn evidence of a venerable life, dedicated to serving, lifting, and loving others. I never knew his words could be so eloquent and kind. I envied that he held her in such high esteem. Just a few weeks later, at my wedding, in his father’s tribute to the bride, the contrast was palpable and cold. It morphed into a mumbling apology to the groom. A penance that he couldn’t make me into someone worth taking off his hands. We have hardly spoken since that day, so when cancer came for him, as it inevitably does in our family, I yearned to salvage our 

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