Father's Day

A FATHER 

A DAD 
A PROVIDER
A CARE-GIVER
A SURVIVOR
A PROTECTOR
A GUARDIAN
MUCH, MUCH MORE.

ALLOWS A CHILD TO GET AWAY WITH THINGS
SOME FATHER'S NOT ALL
A MOTHER WILL NOT,
MOM'S THE FINAL CALL
DON'T THROW THAT BALL.



DEBATING BACK AND FORTH
A CHILD WINS
UNTIL MOM STEPS IN.

FATHERLESS, I AM
OVERALL, MY FATHER ABOVE
WHOM I DEARLY LOVE
MY EARTHLY FATHER IS GONE
WHOM I LOVED
MY HEAVENLY FATHER IS ALWAYS HERE
I AM BLESSED
WITH ALL SINCERE.

FATHERS ARE SPECIAL TOO
IN MANY WAYS AS WELL
GIVING CREDIT DUE.


FATHERS DAY COMING/CAME
LIFE'S, NO GAME
HARD WORKERS
BLESS THEM ALL
BE PROSPEROUS
STAND TALL.

THIS APPLIES TO SOME
MAY NOT BE FOR ALL
FORGIVENESS FROM THE SOUL
GOD CAN MAKE YOU WHOLE.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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