My Dad

Dad is what you are You slid into my life like a shooting star You brought balance and comfort in You brought me into a land with your grin For a long time we were alone For a long time we didn’t have you in our home I still remember the absence of your presence I still fill joy from gift of your essence The way you worked so hard every day The way you smiled in your loving way The things you gave me that I never had The way you walked in and became our dad Though not borne to you as your own Still my heart is filled with the love you have shown My heart knows the love present in your hands Through each callous and line I understand You are the father I wanted before I knew This I know in my heart is true The man who took us to a humble home And crafted it into a Palace of Rome This it might seem to me You brought us from the straights of poverty You loved my mother with all your heart You loved us all from the start Yes, you are the father I love The one sent to me by the angels above I thank god for you each day I thank god for sending you our way