To That Man
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To That Man
by Marvin Melgar
To the man
that fought his entire life
to the son whose
family isolated him
to that man who
tried and tried
and failed and failed, but in the end
succeeded
to that man that broke his back
trying to raise a family of five, to
give them a future
to the father and worker that sweated blood
in order to give them everything in the world
and through his pain, his only
hope is in
a bottle
a bottle that slowly
consumes his life away
but yet, that man pulls through that wall
like a charging bull
with his objective, with his pride
on his eyes
meaning that all those days
looking for a job, losing his own brothers and sisters,
breaking his back,
his addiction and
his pain, is only
to make our life
the life I dearly care about
better, to make it
worth it.
To him, to that man, to that father, I say thank you
because he is the example in the family
that shows us and tells us that life is possible and worth all the pain and betrayals
life is beautiful
and for that I thank him.
