If ever there was a man so great.
That I had once lent my ear to.
Thoughts that so mirrored my own.
Would have to think he be to you.

So find in yourself that goodness.
That makes you straight and true.
Be careful where your shadow cast.
For he is always watching you.

A special bond are father and son.
As daughters marry to move away.
A boy always remembers the lessons.
Shared with his dad along the way.

As poet and a fellow traveler.
Keep the hand upon the wheel.
Steer your course by the stars.
That teach us to love and feel.
Tate