What is the theme for this poem?

Question

Sad is the man who is asked for a story
and can't come up with one.

His five-year-old son waits in his lap. Not the same story, Baba. A new one. The man rubs his chin, scratches his ear.

In a room full of books in a world
of stories, he can recall
not one, and soon, he thinks, the boy
will give up on his father.

Already the man lives far ahead, he sees
the day this boy will go. Don't go!
Hear the alligator story! The angel story once more!
You love the spider story. You laugh at the spider.
Let me tell it!

But the boy is packing his shirts,
he is looking for his keys. Are you a god,
the man screams, that I sit mute before you?
Am I a god that I should never disappoint?

But the boy is here. Please, Baba, a story?
It is an emotional rather than logical equation,
an earthly rather than heavenly one,
which posits that a boy's supplications
and a father's love add up to silence.

- Li-Young Lee

Answer 1

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interesting that is the best poem eva>33
i suggest the story
the nightmare of a father
the disapointment of a son
somethang cathcy....cute
somethang that will be interesting 2 read
somethang attractive wiah i could help

Answer 2

It is merely a pregnant pause in a life of memories and sometimes impatience.

Answer 3

Possibly living with your child through it's
growing years and wondering at
the marvals of life, through their eyes.

Answer 4

memories of children?