My Human Father
Dear Father, my human Father, I would like to tell you
that I'm thankful for Father's Day!
I have many  good thoughts about you --
I thank God for you when I pray.

Yes, I pray for you!  You got up every morning and got ready
for work not returning until 5:00 or 6:00 o'clock.
Ten hard hours you put in for many years.
Thank you, God, for the father I've got.

Yes, I love my Father - for it is his day to
receive appreciation and a little more love.
I thank him for his labor
because it was me he thought of.

Thank you Father, I love you.
No one is as good as you are!
I pray that there are millions of children
thinking about their fathers, near and far.

                                                            
written 5/23/2005

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