-You still keep your father in your silence.
Yes, you answered.
It isn't because of what he said or did.
His words were small,
His acts- quiet.
It is because of what he was.
I whispered: mother
For you he was an angel
Who wanted to become a little man.

Background: A conversation between my mother and myself, many years after the war. My mother adored her father, in a silent way.