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Prayer
by
Kevin Arnold

My son is in up to his thighs,

trying to muster the courage

to swim to a raft in a mountain lake.

He doesn't see me

watching from the hotel

half-submerged in a hot tub.

I fight the urge to jump up and

race alongside him while I still can.

I'd yell Go Scotty-boy you can do it!

Instead, as I crowd the warm-water

jets with my joints, I pray.

May he get where he wants to go.

Not long after, as the water soothes me,

he raises his arms and dives in,

strong sure strokes toward the float.

Kevin Arnold lives in San Jose, California. His poems and short stories have been published in numerous literary magazines and a story excerpted from his novel, Good with People, won first place at the 2009 San Francisco Book Festival. Kevin received a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master of Fine Arts in Fiction from San Jose State University. The long-term president of Poetry Center San Jose, parent organization to the California Poets Festival, he is currently marketing Good with People and revising another novel, White Man's Blues.

Donna Pflueger:
With this poem, you brought back memories of my father and I know in my heart, if he were alive, he would still be wishing the same wonderful prayer for my brother and I. Thank you, Kevin.
Posted 06/15/2013 11:50 AM

Bronwen:
The prayer any parent has for their child. Lovely!
Posted 06/15/2013 10:51 AM

pwax:
A good poem for Father's Day. Non-sentimental, yet the emotion is clearly there.
Posted 06/15/2013 09:33 AM

Janet Leahy:
"May he get where he wants to go," a lovely prayer, from a father to son.
Posted 06/15/2013 07:16 AM

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