My Dad Poem by Phil Soar

He stood like a colossus when I was a kid
I tried to copy his every move, to imagine what he did
How he kept me fascinated, as he led his life
And how he treated my old mum, his ever loving wife

He kept a sort of silence, as he went about his day
Always was on time, and never wandered on the way
He never veered far from his course, and would always understand
And offered words of kindness, and had compassion right at hand

He etched into my heart a love that no-one has erased
I felt that he was there for me, in everything I faced
And now I pass these feelings on, to my own family
Knowing that my loving dad, is not that far from me.