Oh Dad I can’t remember
\nYou sitting down with me
\nAnd sharing thoughts about your youth
\nAnd how YOU came to be
\nBy that I mean where your values grew
\nWho taught them to you and how
\nYou came to be the loving person
\nYou always were and now
\nWhen you have time to do it
\nI would really like you to say
\nYes say the things about how you
\nBecame the YOU, you are today
\nPlease write down thoughts about your life
\nThings that you want to say
\nYes say to me and to my son
\nI wish you would today
\nToday yes start a journal
\nIt’s not too late to do
\nTo write things down about your life
\nAnd things you’d change or do
\nOr maybe you’d leave things just the same
\nAnd not change, not one thing
\nYes Dad, I like to know about
\nYour life before God brings
\nYes brings you home
\nTo be with him
\nPlease let your gift to me
\nYes gift for yes my 53rd
\nMy coming birthday bring
\nYes bring this journal I give to you
\nIf you fill these pages I’ll bring
\nYes bring another, and another until
\nThey are filled with all the things
\nYes things you maybe did want to say
\nBut never had the chance
\nYes Dad, I like to know more about you
\nThis book will give you the chance<\/p>\n
Words from the poet. Yesterday was Father’s Day and I went to see my father with my son. He told a story to my son, which I wished he had told me when I was young. I felt cheated and a little envious. I also wrote a poem before this I Wish I Knew My Father. I have resolved to send this to my Dad and a journal to help make up for lost stories. Pray he uses it.
\n By ronald gainsford<\/p>\n
\u00a9 2001 Ronald Gainsford<\/p>\n
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Oh Dad I can’t remember You sitting down with me And sharing thoughts about your youth And how YOU came to be By that I mean where your values grew…<\/p>\n