I KNOW THIS GUY WHO IS STUBBORN AND SUCH,
THAT I LOVE VERY, VERY MUCH.
I KNOW THAT HE HAS ALWAYS LOVED ME.
I DON'T NEED HIM TO SAY IT, YOU SEE.
 

OUR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER IS FELT IN OUR HEARTS.
SO WE KNOW WHAT WE FEEL WILL NEVER DEPART.
THIS MAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO TEACH ME TO FISH AND HUNT
OR TO PUNISH ME FOR SOME STUPID STUNT.
 

I TRY TO HONOR AND RESPECT HIM IN ALL THAT I DO
AND MAKE HIM VERY PROUD OF ME, TOO.
I'VE MADE MANY MISTAKES IN THE PAST,
BUT THIS MAN'S FORGIVENESS IS FIRM AND FAST.
 

HE HAS A KIND AND GENTLE HEART.
HIS LOVING GUIDANCE I FELT FROM THE START.
NO MATTER WHAT HE WILL ALWAYS BE,
THE GREATEST MAN IN THE WORLD TO ME.
 

I KNOW HE'S HUMAN AND HAS HIS SHARE OF FLAWS,
BUT THINK ABOUT IT AFTER ALL,
FOR WHAT HE TAUGHT US IN THE PAST
ARE THE THINGS THAT WILL LAST AND LAST.
 

THEN WHEN OUR CHILDREN ARE ALL GROWN,
WE CAN TEACH THEM THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE NOW OWN.
FOR WHAT DAD TAUGHT US WAS HIS LEGACY,
THAT WE SHOULD BE PROUD FOR THE WORLD TO SEE. 

By Janet Matrisch

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