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My Father's 50th Birthday Poem - First draft

05-21-2014 at 11:57:13 AM

My Father's 50th Birthday Poem - First draft

On this day, the first day, fifty years from your birth,
I do wish to express to you your own true worth;
Compassion, honesty, understanding, support,
These are a few areas that you've never come short;

Through adversity you've conquered, where others have failed,
So high in every aspect of life’s ladder you have scaled;
A man of great character, with so many reasons to boast,
Except this man’s too gracious, more unpretentious than most;

One need not look far to see the countless lives you've enriched,
The untold snags and hitches you have mended and stitched;
You’re an inspiration to many, a leader among men,
Never failing to display your worth again and again;

I hope that you are aware what we all see plain as day,
That you are gliding and winning through this, life’s grand ballet;
So know that you’re celebrated with great admiration,
Here’s to you on your birthday, a cause for celebration.

If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) American poet.