THE EULOGY(DEDICATED TO MY FATHER)

IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME TO TAKE THE PAIN AWAY

THEN MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, YOU WOULD HAVE A LONGER STAY

YOUR STRENGTH AND GUIDANCE WAS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL

TEACHING US ALL TO RISE UP EVEN WHEN WE FALL

A PROVEN LEADER BUT MORE OF A GO-GETTER

PROVIDING AND NURTURING US ALL SO WE CAN BE BETTER

THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE YOU WERE A TOWERING FIGURE

SHOOTING EXTREME KNOWLEDGE AND LOVE LIKE A BULLET FROM A TRIGGER

ALWAYS KNEW HOW TO WIN AND NEVER FAIL

LETTING US KNOW THAT THROUGH FAITH, ALL THINGS PREVAIL

YOU LOVED YOUR CHILDREN AND THAT YOU WERE FIERCE

TAKING CARE OF US ALL AS YOU HAVE THROUGH THE YEARS

LOYALTY AND HONOR THAT WAS WHAT YOU KNEW BEST

SHOWING LOVE TO ALL NOTHING MORE NOTHING LESS

BELIEVING IN US WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE THE STRENGTH TO BELIEVE

TEACHING US TO STAY AND BE STRONG AND NEVER LEAVE

ALL THESE THINGS I CAN WRITE A PAGE OR TWO

BUT KNOW TO ALL HE HAS TOUCHED HE KNEW HOW TO SAY I LOVE YOU

TO THE ONES THAT HAVE HEARD BUT NEVER MET

I GUARANTEE HE WILL LEAVE AN IMPRESSION YOU WILL NEVER FORET

FOR THE ONES THAT HAVE FACED OR FELT HIS WRATH

KNOW THAT HE WAS FORGIVING AND HIS LOVE ALSWAYS LAST

I WISH MOST KNEW THE FATHER I GOT TO KNOW

HIS DEVOTION TO TRUTH, HONOR, AND LOVE IS WHAT MADE HIS HEART GLOW

SO AS SOME OF YOU MAY WONDER WHY THIS POEM IS LONG OR WHY BOTHER

OR EVEN COMPREHEND AS TO WHY THIS PIECE SHOULD BE SPOKEN ABOUT MY FATHER

LET ME PUT YOUR MIND TO EASE

SO THAT ALL THE CHITTER CHATTER WILL CEASE

IF THE WORDS HERE GIVE YOU A QUESTIONABLE SENSE OF WONDER

UNDERSTAND THIS AND LET IT PONDER

I AM NOT WRITING FOR YOU

I AM WRITING AS A TRIBUTE TO MY FATHER