Best Happinessfather Poems
Went fishing with Father down at the stream,
We caught us a couple, of brown trout and bream
Took them back to the hut cleaned and gutted them all
Cooked them for supper, although they were small
Sat out by the fire on that hot summers night
With only the moon, and the stars for our light
We talked through the evening ‘bout nothing at all
He told me some tales, most of them tall
I’ll remember that trip till the day that I die
The bestest day ever, just Father and I
© John W Fenn 03-12-2008
If I had one wish what would it be?
Well what would make me happy?
There is just so much to choose from.
Maybe its a king I'll become.
No, I wouldn't look right on the throne.
Perhaps I should think of someone other than my own.
What is something I wish someone had?
Then I instantly thought of my dad.
Now I know this saying is a cliché,
but he really is the best dad in every way.
The life that was chosen for him is very hard.
When life was being dealt, he didn't even get a card.
He worked tirelessly for so many years for us all,
and never asks for anything, not even something small.
So if I had one wish what would it be?
For my dad to be happy, and I pray to be half the father to my kids that he was to
me.
Yes I wish to be just half the man he was,
I would be great, just like everything he is and does.
~Chris Matt for my father Michael Matt