Strength and understanding
Heart of love so rare
Face that beams with laughter
With happiness to share

Memories are stored now
With every gentle kiss
Each tender hug he offered
My heart remembers this

With love so overwhelming
In pride he will reside
Within my thoughts forever
He's always there to guide

Walking right beside him
Looking up to see
The powerful and mighty
My Dad will always be

There to always comfort
To hold me very close
Forever I'm just a child
Whose love forever grows

With love I now deliver
This joy my heart now holds
The portrait of my Father
Life's treasury of gold.

~ Francine Pucillo~© original 2001