mercy, please

<p>'mercy, please'</p> <p><br></p> <p>what impression have i left on you?</p> <p>what will you see</p> <p>when i'm a shell of myself and</p> <p>you're coming into bloom?</p> <p>will it be a happy thing or&nbsp;</p> <p>a ghost that fills your heart?</p> <p>i pray i have done enough to</p> <p>walk beside you all through life and beyond—</p> <p><br></p> <p>for all my faults,</p> <p>i have lived only for you.</p> <p><br></p> <p>(for my daughter)</p> <p><br></p> <p>#barflypoet</p> <p>#josephapinto</p> <p>www.josephpinto.com&nbsp;</p> <p>© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p>*</p> <p>Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted;</p> <p>all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted.</p> <p>*</p> <p>‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.</p> <p><br></p>