Category:  Holiday Poems
Subcategory: Fathers Day Poems

Votes: 77
Rating: 4.26

A son writes about his father's goodness on Father's Day. He recognizes that though his father's actions will not go down in history books, it will go down in his children's memories imprinted forever.

The Silent Honor

©Joseph D. Jensen

This world has seen many fathers
Who have performed many great and noble things.

Strengthened a nation,
Silenced fears,
Relieved suffering
And changed the course of history.

Yet the most great and noble father I have known
Lives within the walls of my own home.
He performs no extraordinary tasks,
No miraculous feats;
He just does what is right because
It is right.

He needs no adulation,
No praise or glory of men.
He just goes about doing good because
That is how it makes him feel.

But there are those that see his goodness.
They are his children.
Indeed, they may not always see
But they know
That this silent honor is what they will pass on
To their children.

They know that true greatness needs no praise
It is found in the day-to-day living of unwearied goodness
They have seen their father give.
Such goodness is truly a remarkable thing,
Far greater than any glory found in the annals of history.
For one day the child will say:
'He is my father'
And know it is an honor.

By: Joseph Jensen
Fathers Day, June 20, 2004
2004 Joseph Jensen

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