angelbear's blog: "FUBAR "

I just want you to know
you mean the world to me
Only a heart as dear as yours
would give so unselfishly.

The many things you've done,
all the times that you were there,
Helps me know deep down inside
how much you really care.

Even though I might not say it,
I appreciate all you do
So richly blessed is how I feel
for having a father just like you.

Only a dad with a tired face,
Coming home from the daily race,
Bringing little of gold or fame
To show how well he has played the game;

But glad in his heart that his own rejoice
To see him come and to hear his voice.
Only a dad with a brood of four,
One of ten million men or more

Plodding along in the daily strife,
Bearing the whips and the scorns of life,
With never a whimper of pain or hate,
For the sake of those who at home await.

Only a dad, neither rich nor proud,
Merely one of the surging crowd,
Toiling, striving from day to day,
Facing whatever may come his way,

Silent whenever the harsh condemn,
And bearing it all for the love of them.
Only a dad but he gives his all,
To smooth the way for his children small,

Doing with courage stern and grim
The deeds that his father did for him.
This is the line that for him I pen:
Only a dad, but the best of men.

My father wasn’t always the best dad
But he did the best he could
And I wasn’t always the best son
But my dad always understood

We didn’t always see eye to eye
And I argued way too much
When I grew up and moved away
I didn’t always keep in touch

But as we both grew older
We grew closer as father and son
I found out what being a Dad was like
And understood the things he had done

God called him home several years ago
And the memories at time make me sad
But I know he’ll always love me
Because he’s forever, my Dad.