My father's my hero, my courage and strength, <br />He's always been there within in arm's length, <br />When I was little he was always there, <br />He sang me to sleep and we'd say a prayer. <br />I use to call him from a fake phone, <br />When I knew he was on his way home. <br />He was always home when we ate, <br />Even though he was sometimes late. <br />He worked three jobs to give us a home, <br />Yet I never felt I was alone. <br />Sundays my father would never work, <br />Because to him this was his perk. <br />He always called me the apple of his eye, <br />My Daddy hated to see me cry. <br />He tried so hard to make things right, <br />Yet I always seemed to put up a fight. <br />I wish I listened when I was young, <br />I wish I listened before I begun. <br />Know that I'm older and I am grown, <br />I see why he let me go on my own. <br />I wish I could travel back in time, <br />A different mountain I then would climb. <br />I would change the way I chose to live, <br />I would take the advice he tried to give. <br />His love for me helped me through, <br />He always knew just what to do. <br />My father should have gave up on me, <br />Yet the best he chose to see. <br />Unconditional Love is all he gave, <br />Even the times I'd miss behave. <br />God chose for me to be his daughter, <br />God blessed me and made him my father.<br /><br />Kymberly Berson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-father-my-hero-2/
