Franklin Price Poet Couplet

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He's still the best although he has been gone almost a life time. He taught me well.

I Celebrate My Father

I Celebrate My Father
By Franklin Price
6/16/2017

I celebrate my father he was the best of men
He's the reason I'm who I am or who I've ever been
Taught me by example, showed me the man that I should be
Believed in God, earned his pay and loved his family

Was not an educated man but great at handy work
Carpentry, electrical and plumbing not a quirk
Turned an orange grove office/barn into the home where I was raised
Was a warm and dry two story house, I think back and am amazed

I never felt I was in need,  we were not far from poor.
He was always there, for me, not one to keep the score
Worked extra jobs to get us by, would never pass the hat,
Never one for charity could not imagine that.

Would help all  kinds of people when he saw they were in need
Would not take money from them unless they had agreed
Took me with him, when he went, to show me how to be
I'm proud he was my father, he's the reason I am me.

Was there for graduation in nineteen sixty four
He died before the month was out, wish he had lived for more
He still lives within me, follow his values all I can
It's not the riches, that you have, but how your treat your fellow man

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Daniel Turner June 16, 2017 at 9:45 AM Damn, Franklin. This choked me up, stirring memories of my dad. Emotive write! Franklin Price June 16, 2017 at 9:55 AM Thanks Daniel, it sounds a if you had the same kind if dad; gone too soon. When I finished writing it, I read it out loud to my wife, and teared up. Not to be big headed, but sometimes I wonder who wrote these poems; it could not have been me. i'm grateful it touched you. That's what I hope for when I write.