Here's to my old father Who made me a better world He may be of blood But he is thicker than blood shall be. His only love will reside with him forever In the grandest memories of the past The truest of all human beings Enforcing everything he belives in. A man of peace and simplicity At one with the cards life has dealt him. Mourning for eternity the only one he has ever loved No woman could fill such mighty shoes His kindness & support will never be forgotten An important figure where another was absent. The respect I have been taught Will be taken to my grave An immortal in my eyes The outdoors his calling His hardworking handscombed these eternal valleys For several years now' This his time for rest & peace.