I’ll Remember

I’ll Remember

Sunday 21^st June 2020 marks ‘Father’s Day 2020’. So, I want to share with you the poem I read at my dad’s funeral in May 2020. This piece of poetry called ‘I’ll Remember’ is in dedication to him and explores some of the personal memories I have of him. Take care everyone.

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I’ll Remember

(Poem dedicated to my dad, Leigh Borrett, 1960 - 2020)

I’ll remember when we swam in the Great Barrier Reef and tickled colourful fish beneath our feet

                                                      

I’ll remember when we rode camels through the desert, and watched whales dive out of the ocean from a rubber dinghy

I’ll remember how we solved fractions for my maths homework and played Countdown to improve my spelling

I’ll remember you flicking the football towards my trainers with your walking stick as we played in the park

I’ll remember your cheeky smile, your roar of a laugh, and the way I called you a ‘troublemaker’ once in a while

                                                   

I’ll remember when you always wanted to go first at Whot, created multiple words every go at Scrabble, and all our games of Dominoes and cards as a family

I’ll remember how you flew up to 13,000 feet to take one giant leap, and then inspire me to do the same, nine years later

I’ll remember how every time others saw us together, they would say we were ‘so alike’ from our faded blonde hair to our curved lips

I’ll remember how you may have been a ‘different’ dad, but these ‘differences’ were so special to me

So when one star shines brightest in the darkest of skies or orange butterflies flap their wings as they pass by,

I’ll remember, I’ll remember

You

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