Our father was a man <br />Men came to him for counsel <br />Like a cricket in the open <br />His whistle echoes beyond the Sahara <br /> <br />He was a leader of men <br />A shell of Refuge; grip of comfort <br />A cascade of joy <br />And a thread in broken places <br /> <br />Our father was an epitome of bravery <br />A print on the sand of time <br />And a father to his sons <br />Alas, <br />We are but a handful of wheat <br />A wet wood in the fire <br />We hide where our father once fought <br />We do not deserve our father’s name <br /> <br />For we are not the man <br />Our father was <br />Courage Knowledge vision<br /><br />Matthias Pantaleon<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/our-father-10/
