To My Father on His Day�.

To honor our fathers,

All I can do is memorialize him

For he has been gone from my life

To the other side of existence

He left my world when I was young

So many years ago…

He was a good man despite his faults,

His mannerisms, his abuses,

His way of doing things...

I remember the good in him,

What he tried to impart on me,

Wanting more for me and my siblings,

Things that he did not accomplish

His hopes and dreams for us

What he wanted for us to learn...

The places he took us

To broaden our horizons

And get a taste of the wide open world

Outside our door and beyond

For that I will always be grateful

Now that I am grown,

With children of my own

I now have tried to do the same,

To show my children and grandchildren

The same wonder of the world...

To seek the knowledge,

To achieve all the best that is attainable

For that, I will always be thankful

Happy Fathers Day, Andrew….

Amanda Gutierrez Tovar  21 June 2009