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The poem 'Fathers Are Wonderful People', by Helen Steiner Rice, is an illustration of father and all that he does for his kids. Fathers are often considered unemotional, since they are not good at expressing themselves. They seldom get time to spend with their family, working to make a livelihood, and do not have time to pause and have a chit-chat with the kids. However, this doesn't mean that they don't love their children. Their love comes in forms other than caressing and having long chats. The poetess says that once you look into your Dad's heart, you will find he's extremely sentimental and soft from inside.
Fathers Are Wonderful People
Fathers are wonderful people
Too little understood,
And we do not sing their praises
As often as we should
For, somehow, Father seems to be
The man who pays the bills,
While Mother binds up little hurts
And nurses all our ills...
And Father struggles daily
To live up to "HIS IMAGE"
As protector and provider
And "hero or the scrimmage"...
And perhaps that is the reason
We sometimes get the notion,
That Fathers are not subject
To the thing we call emotion,
But if you look inside Dad's heart,
Where no one else can see
You'll find he's sentimental
And as "soft" as he can be...
But he's so busy every day
In the grueling race of life,
He leaves the sentimental stuff
To his partner and his wife...
But Fathers are just WONDERFUL
In a million different ways,
And they merit loving compliments
And accolade of praise,
For the only reason Dad aspires
To fortune and success
Is to make the family proud of him
And to bring them happiness...
And like OUR HEAVENLY FATHER,
He's a guardian and a guide,
Someone that we can count on
To be ALWAYS ON OUR SIDE.
