For My Dad

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I only went fishing with my dad a few times, and I usually ended up in the back seat of the car with my nose in a book. Still, this poem captures his heart for me and much of mine for him. My dad has not been well since last August. As I spent these last days with my him, I know that his influence on my life has made me "fit for the future fight" and I am grateful.



A Boy and His Dad
 by Edgar Guest
A boy and his dad on a fishing-trip—There is a glorious fellowship!Father and son and the open skyAnd the white clouds lazily drifting by,And the laughing stream as it runs alongWith the clicking reel like a martial song,And the father teaching the youngster gayHow to land a fish in the sportsman's way.
I fancy I hear them talking thereIn an open boat, and the speech is fair.And the boy is learning the ways of menFrom the finest man in his youthful ken.Kings, to the youngster, cannot compareWith the gentle father who's with him there.And the greatest mind of the human raceNot for one minute could take his place.
Which is happier, man or boy?The soul of the father is steeped in joy,For he's finding out, to his heart's delight,That his son is fit for the future fight.He is learning the glorious depths of him,And the thoughts he thinks and his every whim;And he shall discover, when night comes on,How close he has grown to his little son.
A boy and his dad on a fishing-trip—Builders of life's companionship!Oh, I envy them, as I see them thereUnder the sky in the open air,For out of the old, old long-agoCome the summer days that I used to know,When I learned life's truths from my father's lipsAs I shared the joy of his fishing-trips.
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