FOR YOU DAD

The right words seem to fail me,

I’m not sure where to start,

It’s not really a life story,

But a poem from the heart.

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AJ was really quite a lad,

Full of cheek, a scallywag,

And a most upstanding citizen,

But to me he was just Dad.

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He and Mum were a great match,

But some stuff got in the way,

They put in the work that was needed,

They were together then to stay.

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They loved each other with a passion,

Rarely seen today,

Lifelong mates they’d be,

Their love would never sway.

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They raised four kids to adulthood,

With care and love always,

And we turned out not too bad,

At least I did anyway (hehe)

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Our Dad also loved a joke,

He had some great one liners,

He had a cheeky streak for sure,

No sense of humour was finer.

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But when it came to raising us,

He often would dictate,

“Remember your responsibilities”,

Was what he said to set us straight.

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He loved my Mum so much,

He sat me down to say,

“Look to her for inspiration,

Be just like her one day”.

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Now I am not my Mum,

I have made my own way,

But I know that he was proud of me,

He told me so one day.

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He was so very proud of all of us,

Each and everyone,

He’d say to Mum in later years,

“Just look what we have done”.

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I’d say to him at this remark,

Of course you’ve great family,

Look what stock we came from,

He’d confess, “I must agree”.

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Dad believed in no god,

When you’re dead, you’re gone,

But he did believe, in all of us,

His spirit will live on.

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So let’s honour him in all of us,

Everyone he touched,

Let’s never let his spirit fade,

To do so would be unjust.

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Let’s take his great example,

Live life the best we can,

For he had done exactly that,

My Dad, was quite a man.

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Judy