I ALWAYS LIKE To TAKE A WALK , DOWN OLD MEMORY LANE
WHERE, ONCE MORE I FIND LIFE’S JOYS, TEARS AND PAIN
I STILL REMEMBER THE JOY I FELT THE DAY MY SON WAS BORN
IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW LIFE, A BEAUTIFUL DAWN
THEN CAME THE TIME I' D TEACH HIM TO TALK,HIS BABY TALK
AND HOLD HIS HAND AND HELP HIM TO WALK
IT WAS FUN TO SEE HOW FAST ,THE LITTLE ONE GROWS
WITH ALL HIS TOYS...CARS, TRAINS, GUNS, BOW & ARROWS
I RE-LIVED MY LIFE WITH HIM, THROUGH HIS GROWING YEARS
I LAUGHED WHEN HE LAUGHED AND SHARED HIS TEARS
YES, THERE WERE TIMES WE CAUSED EACH OTHER PAIN
WE LEARN FROM THE HURTS , AND THIS WAS, OUR GAIN
BUT THE GREATEST JOY FOR A FATHER , IS TO SEE , BY IS SIDE
HIS LIL’ BOY GROWN IN TO, A FINE HANDSOME YOUNG MAN
IT’S A WONDERFUL WARM FEELING OF LOVE AND PRIDE
A FEELING YOU WANT TO LAST, AS LONG AS IT CAN
NOW I KNOW THERE COMES A TIME, TO STOP BEING JUST A FATHER
AND TO BE MORE LIKE A SPECIAL FRIEND
I KNOW THAT, HE LOVES ME & FEELS PROUD OF ME, TOO
LOVE & PRIDE, TRULY MAKE A GREAT BLEND
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JOHN NIPPS
06.06.06
PS : BOTH THESE POEMS WERE WRITTEN IN JUNE 2006, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE EDITED VERSIONS .
