by Chuck Maddock

Created on: February 09, 2010   Last Updated: February 22, 2010

Father of mine, our lives did not entwine

You left this Earth, shorty after my birth

Leaving me, without a father to be

But, through the years, I came to see

You were a good and honest man

In your time upon this land

You fought in the great war

For freedom, to be restored

You were a loving husband to my mother

Who said, there could be no other

You worked on the great dam

That enhanced the dry land

You held me upon your knee

When I began to be

You hoped a life for me

Would be better. then for thee

You treated all men fair

Without a haughty air

You left your mark on people met

Nary a one had any regret

You served your family well

Through many a dark spell

You have become a hero to me

For all the things I now see

Now I ask God, please

That you rest in ease

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