This is not sport related at all, but it is an amazing poem. I feel as if I have to share it so here it is.

Please, Dad

by Michael Anderson As soft winds sweep away the days
I look back on life through a haze.
Remember playgrounds, parks and friends,
In childlike gaze that never ends.
The laughter in a game of catch,
Shall memory ever attach...
To innocence in youthful eyes,
Catching the ball to Dad's surprise.

I recall my first bike, first wreck,
Who picked me up, said, "What the heck?"
Convinced me to give one more try,
While, knees skinned, I forgot to cry.
Just the joy knowing he was there,
Making him proud my only care.
There was nothing I couldn't do,
My heart held fast that to be true.

Though teenage years were kind of rough,
I sure wasn't too big or tough.
You taught me to defend what's right
And never back down from a fight.
So I learned the hard way to stand,
Still, with each lump, I found your hand.
Drawing from you an inner strength,
And stubborn pride of equal length.

But there the line of fate was drawn,
As though I blinked and you were gone.
I found myself facing the sun,
Not man, not boy, fatherless, one.
Eyes blinded by a void inside,
I could not live that you had died.
Alas finding it to be true,
I could do nothing without you.

Please, Dad, today just hear my call,
I'm sorry that I dropped the ball.
My life is wrecked, my knees are skinned,
My emotions undisciplined.
I can't get up although I try,
Please don't be upset if I cry.
Though I can't fight what I can't see,
Please, Dad, say you're still proud of me.

After this poem i cryed, and ran to my dad and hugged him. I hope that you can also love your Dad, and remember how much you will/do miss him

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March 4, 2009 12:43 AM ET

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Awesome, awesome poem. Thanks for posting it. I know that my dad is my hero, and I don't want to let him down. Thanks.

wtnelson = Big Chief

Fort Collins , CO

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March 4, 2009 01:06 AM ET

If anyone wants the website here it is.
http://www.netpoets.com/poems/sad/0004030.htm

Knicks09

Camarillo , CA

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March 4, 2009 02:23 AM ET

Absolutely beautiful poem. It shows how important parents are and how much they should be appreciated. I wish mine were still here to share this with.