Nicholas SparksDaddy loved his son. Daddy believed his son walked on water. Daddy, Mike had long ago decided, was an idiot.
About This Quote
The message of this poem is that you should love your family unconditionally. In the last stanza the speaker explains that he is disappointed in his father because he considers his dad to be an idiot. He says that even though his father loves him, he doesn’t do anything to deserve it. He says that he’s been taught to believe that a real man walks on water so he can’t understand why his father is so happy with a son who doesn’t.
Source: The Guardian
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