Fathers and Sons: a Poem
by Don Waxman
every son who
struggles
for acceptance
from his father
will become the father
who struggles to accept
his son
when men gather,
each becomes this son,
and each becomes
the father
to this son,
and for those who
never had a father,
or who had several,
the path is the same,
father and son
are two faces
of the same
coin,
the price you pay
in suffering and love
to become the man
you are
August 29, 2007
Don Waxman, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, works with individuals, couples, families, and groups in Petaluma, California. Don has over twenty-five years experience starting-up and managing private sector and non-profit businesses. He has worked for Hospice as a bereavement and end-of-life counselor, and in school settings with emotionally and behaviorally challenged teens and their families. Don chose to enter the field of counseling psychology after being involved in other careers, because as he says, “When I am working with clients I am challenged to be the best human being I can possibly be.”
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