Please Dad

As soft winds sweep away the days I look back on life through a haze. Remember playgrounds, parks and friends, In childlike gaze that never ends.
The laughter in a game of catch, Shall memory ever attach... To innocence in youthful eyes, Catching the ball to Dad's surprise.

I recall my first bike, first wreck, Who picked me up, said, "What the heck?" Convinced me to give one more try, While, knees skinned, I forgot to cry. Just the joy knowing he was there, Making him proud my only care. There was nothing I couldn't do, My heart held fast that to be true.

Though teenage years were kind of rough, I sure wasn't too big or tough. You taught me to defend what's right And never back down from a fight. So I learned the hard way to stand, Still, with each lump, I found your hand. Drawing from you an inner strength, And stubborn pride of equal length.

But there the line of fate was drawn, As though I blinked and you were gone. I found myself facing the sun, Not man, not boy, fatherless, one. Eyes blinded by a void inside, I could not live that you had died. Alas finding it to be true, I could do nothing without you.

Please, Dad, today just hear my call, I'm sorry that I dropped the ball. My life is wrecked, my knees are skinned,
My emotions undisciplined.
I can't get up although I try, Please don't be upset if I cry. Though I can't fight what I can't see,
Please, Dad, say you're still proud of me

My heart is filled with passion

That my smile can't contain,

And the lullaby of its love song,

Ever sings a sweet refrain

Then there's that rush of warmth I feel

When I don't know just what to say,

When I stumble over the simple words

I once uttered every day

Still each day I count my blessings

For what we share and what we do,

And I'll never forget the simple words

Is that I'm honestly in love with you!

When I First Met You

sINce tHE first time I MEt you,

I coULdn't seEM to forget you

And lAtEly I SEem to find,

That you'rE ALways ON My mIND

I feel so HAppY around you,

And I tHANk GoD tHAt I fouND yOu

aT fiRsT i ThoUght of you as a really gOOd frIEnD,

But I rEAliZed that my fEeLiNGs tHERe DiDN't End

i wAs so aFRaid to TELl you,

Cos I diDN't KnOw WHat yOU Do

tHEn I heArD that yOU FElt the sAme Way,

AnD tHose WorDS weRE So eAsy tO SAy

OH, wheN I seE You sMILe,

It makes my life worth while

And since the very start,

YoU HavE BeeN iN MY HeARt

When my life skies are dark and gray,

You chase all those storm clouds away.

I've never felt this way before,

And HOneSTlY thAT is fOr sURE.

I'm so glad that we did meet,

FoR nOW My lIfE is cOMplEte

You're whaT THey meant,

"By Heaven Sent"
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