Hi, I'm Beverley Joy of Simply Story Poetry. My dad is now 91 years of age and has been in aged care for three years. I started writing this poem in 2018 when dad went into live in an aged care home, and finished it for this Father's Day 2021. Over the past few years, I have watched him fight to hold on to his independence and full facilties up until the moment he had to let go of each one like, driving a car, going fishing, riding his motorcycle, his hobby of wood turning, fixing shoes and glueing up broken things around the house. These last two years, of the troubled world of Covid, has disturbed him and caused him many lonely days in aged care lockdowns, not able to be with his second wife, whom he met and married when he was 87 years of age after my mother died. It's been painful for me to watch dad grow old from having once been such an independent, healthy and active person. You can read my poems at Simply Story Poetry on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn and website.
