Through forests of trees
Along rivers and streams
I left my home to find my place
and further still I ran

Over blankets of green and moss strewn rocks
My place emerged side by side
-To where I once stood

Filtered light focused my resolve
as though peering through a thicket of velvet
With a breezy air whirling and swirling
My minds great eye twirled itself within
Looking deep, I found my place
Looking inward, I found my outward

With you by my side
Step by step on each trail I wander
Teaching me still all the beauty that which I would
not have known

You are my teacher, my friend, my Papa.

I say to this "I love you!" still
with more love and honesty each day hence