Free Verse · Family
Steady
You taught me knots and engine sounds,
and how to lose at chess with grace,
but mostly, without saying so,
you taught me how to stay.
Steady as a workbench,
sure as Saturday —
whatever else the weather did,
you never blew away.
Original poem © QuillOak — free for personal use.
“Steady” by The QuillOak Editors — quilloak.com/poems/steady
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