DEAR ABBY: I am enclosing a poem that I wrote for my father. With Father's Day approaching, you might like to share it with your readers. -– NATHAN HELLMAN, WHITESTONE, N.Y.
DEAR NATHAN: Your poem touched my heart, and I'm sure it will do the same with my readers as well. Read on:
DAD
They tell you to believe
In your teacher
In your doctor
In the president.
But for me
The one I always believed in
Was my dad.
He was always there for me.
With him in my corner,
I was invincible.
Now he's gone.
They tell me about all the good deeds he did.
But for me
His greatness
Isn't captured in words or deed.
It's found in what he meant to me
And how I felt
When he was around.