What would I do without the love of a father?

You woke me up when I wanted to sleep.
You made me trust you as the superhero that you are.
You gave me the security of living under your protection.
Your love taught me to intensely love all the people around me.
Your loving guidance was the light I needed to get through a bad day.
Your wisdom and fatherly care was the secret recipe that I treasured with joy.
Now I am a real man because you showed me, by example, what a real man does.
I am able to walk down any street with my head held high because you did your best.
I am a model in my own right because you trained me to take one day at a time.
I have realized the depth of fatherhood simply by learning from you.
Now I have come to see the challenges you went through to raise me.
I wish I could turn back time to undo the many mistakes I’ve made.
We will always hold your rich advice in high regard and pride.
We could have acted rebellious, but now we know better.
We need you now as much as we needed you then.

Father, come back into my life with your fatherly love that I have always treasured.
Father, help me to be a better adult and a reflection of your true character today.
Father, train me to be a better father and an admirable father like you today.
Father, give me the secret that made you succeed as a loving and committed father.
If only I had known what you were doing for us, I would have tried to do things differently.
If I could have one more opportunity to live my childhood, I would do better.
If I could have the opportunity to choose a father, I would choose you over and over again.
If I had seen the love you were bringing into my life sooner, I would have done better.
There are many things that I could have done without you, but not with the courage that I have enjoyed.
There are many tests that I could have faced without you, but I could have easily failed without you.
There are many things that I wish I could reveal to you now, but I can only reveal that I love you dad.
There are many challenging years ahead, but I will trust your wisdom to see me through.
Oh daddy, my own daddy, my real father, stay by my side because I need you and I love you.