Pomegranate

Without you what would I be able to do?

The warmth that comes from your smile, through the gap centered as perfect as it can be

Covers me from head to toe

That warmth is my protection

Using it as my shield, from anything malicious

The love that flows like a river even when you yell at me

And when I fall

No matter how far I am, you always manage to be the cushion that catches me

You are the stars that hover above us on a clear night

The brightest one of them all

Watching me from afar

If I were a ship lost in a sea of treacherous waves

You are the lighthouse that will always guide me to safety

The flower I pick that never wilts

The green that flourishes everywhere in the world

The village that raised me

My reflection when I look into the mirror

The chocolate curls that cascade down my face like a waterfall

The pomegranate of my life

Tough and firm on the outside

Complex within

But always bittersweet

You are my father

And without you what would I be able to do?