Father’s Day

If, on Father’s Day,

You’ve found the perfect (or imperfect) gift.

Or sent a card in the nick of time.

If you are lucky and have the gift of time

To spend with someone

Who fills the role of father for you.

Then spare a little time in your thoughts

For the girls who have no daddies,

The boys who no longer have fathers,

All the children who are alone today.

And send some love to the fathers

Who spend today missing their children,

Bearing the pain no parent should ever have to bear,

The heaviest grief, for the loss of their child.

Take a moment to share a little of your love

With everyone who’s struggling,

Or finding today so very hard.

For the fatherless,

and the fathers who are alone today.

You are still loved,

This can still be your day.