A Wise Father Poem by Hm. Nes

A wise father will know the names of stars,
Should his daughter dare to ask that of him,
As hand in hand they walk beside the sea.
And he will possess the skill to show her
How to skip flat rocks across the water.

A wise father will know these things.
A wise father will do them.

But more so, he will be the kind of man
Who gently holds his daughter's hand in his,
And as they walk along the rocky shore,
He will tell her that she and she alone
Is worthy of this moment.