My Son and I

My son and I are very a like

We are both smart and even like to hike

We are both stubborn and always seemed to disagree

Sadly, I think that stubbornness caused my son to flee

To where he has gone, I do not know

Maybe he would be more careful with our dog Buckley in tow

I know he loves to explore the wild

He has ever since he was a small child

Every time I talked he would always disagree

He always thought he was right, never me

I wanted to buy him a car and he would say no

He would reply “I’m very happy with my Datsun you know.”

“Would you like a graduation gift?” I would ask

“No.” he would reply” gift giving is a useless task.”

So I pray to god my son I safe

Wherever he is at his resting place

I know he would be happy in the West

A wild place, somewhere he would love it the best

Maybe he went on an Alaskan Odyssey

The Alaskan wild now that is somewhere he could be free

Even though my son and I may disagree

I never wanted to see him flee from me

Even though I may not always show it to him the best

I want him to know, I love him more than the rest

Written from the point of view of Walt McCandless