My Dad, My Hero

On his gravestone it will state

The years he was alive

That little dash between the two

Is where his life resides

 

That time is short, it goes by fast

It's easy to ignore

The time we have with each other

We always think there's more

 

My dad has lived out his dash

He lived a life so grand

Yet took the time to be my dad

To give me everything he had

 

He showed me love, he took the time

To teach me right from wrong

Now my dash has, his strength and love

Even though he's gone

 

Through the rest of my own dash

I can only hope to be

Half as good as this man was

Half as good he was to me

 

At his dash, there should be a space 

Something written down below

That this man lived and to his son

He is a true hero