Father

Fathers are the least appreciated people in a family. I've written this for my father and this is long overdue.

Father

It must have been about 6 minutes 

Since I was out of my primary home

The nurse called you in, and you rushed

Funny, how big I was since I started as a genome

You held me, eyes brimming with tears

Not tears of  the bad sort,  just full of joy

Held me high up, proud of me already

You must have felt 'Look at him! This is my boy!'

I started growing up, with love from you and mum

Life was fair to us, we were happy

You used to be back home soon, to spend time with us

Never once were we unhappy

Then came my school, your work started getting heavy

You would spend less time than before, but I did not know why

We got used to this, and then the next best thing we knew happened

After a long time, I heard my little sister's first cry!

You took time again, to nurture this little princess

All four of us were together again for a long time

The little one started growing at an amazing pace

The only way to describe this wonderful feeling was sublime

We both grew up, both in age and wisdom

Thanks to your guidance and affection

You did not show out much, I still do not know 

How much burden and pain do you carry with perfection

You are not my superhero

You are my hero, that no superhero can be

With all your strength, wisdom, love for us always

Now that I've grown up, I won't let you down just you see

  Dear father, thanks in earnest 

You've taught us things no one else could 

Maybe one day in the future, I'll understand

The love, wisdom and joy of fatherhood

Reviews

[dan]

A wonderfully written tribute to your father, and fatherhood in general. One always hears many stories of bad parents, it's so refreshing to read a vivid description of a loving dad and mom. I am gladly accepting your friend request, but I ask that you send me read requests for the writes you'd like me to review; I have a hard time otherwise trying to keep up with all of my friends' writing. Nice to "meet you." take care...dan

[Sage]

Sure thing Dan, I'll definitely get to that! Thanks again

[McBear]

*wipes tear* This was beautiful and well written. You are completly right! Fathers are the most unipreciated people in the family.

[Sage]

Yeah, dads are awesome :)

[Celie Rose]

What a loving tribute to your father. Heartfelt poem."You are not my superhero
You are my hero, that no superhero can be With all your strength, wisdom, love for us always." Well written and expressed. Keep up the good writing.

[Sage]

Thank you! This tribute is long overdue!

[Mary Helda]

Awww..so sweet,i can feel your love...i wish i had the kind of father that you have...you are lucky to have him...I hope he reads this,he'll be super proud of you...Wonderful piece:-)

[Sage]

He's happy! I can't ask for more :)

[TheMalady]

True, words cannot easily explain how much you've loved your father. And this poem is just full of love and emotions. He must be really proud of you for having such a loving son. Great poem! I can feel the genuine love flowing through your words. Nice one! :)

[Sage]

Thank you! He was all smiles when he read this :)

[TheMalady]

Aw... That's awesome! He must be very happy that he cannot say 'thank you' right away. You did a splendid poem, you know! :) Congrats!

[Sage]

Yeah, he did not say thank you right away, but I could see it in is eyes.

[TheMalady]

He's definitely speechless. He must be very surprised and you know, the poem is such a wonderful and priceless gift you could give to him. That must be how he felt. :)

[zunie frost]

i love this poem !! your father must be so proud of you !!! it's fantastic !!!
well done dear poet 1000000000000000000000000000 % rating

[Sage]

Thank you! He just read it! He was smiling too!

[zunie frost]

wow !! that's so cute !! poems like this are always good to read

[Sage]

I'm happy you enjoyed it! :D

[zunie frost]

well i did ! when for the first time i started writing i wrote my first about my parents !! and they loved it