The heart of a father is full of love
Pure and faithful as an angels dove
Always there offering comfort and care
It's many blessings willing to share

The heart of a father need not compete
It's patient and kind, and quite unique
For it knows when to comfort and when to scold
It's love everlasting, and never grows old

The heart of a father belongs to the best
Over the years it gets put to the test
It's used and tattered, tossed and torn
But the love that it holds is always reborn

The love of a father will never stray
There for his children to trust and obey
For if his heartstrings get pulled just right
It sprouts its wings and takes to flight

The heart of a father cannot deny
The sighing rhapsody of his child's cry
Always there to ease the ache
His tender child he shall not forsake

© 1999 Janie Johnson

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Artwork by Steve Hanks