
A Father’s Affection © 2011 Graham E. Hayes, III
FOR THE 17 YEARS OF MY LIFE I LIVED KNOWING
THAT THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE MAN OF THE HOUSE
THE FATHER THAT BEARS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SHOWING
THOSE THAT RESIDE WHAT A MAN IS ALL ABOUT.
HIS EYES HAVE SEEN MANY THINGS BOTH GREAT AND SMALL
HIS EARS HAVE HEARD THE MANY TALES BOTH SHORT AND TALL
HIS HANDS SO DELICATE AND GENTLE, YET SO FIRM AND STRONG
HE RULES THE HOUSE WITH IRON FISTS, AND THAT’S WHERE HE BELONGS.
BUT ALL OF THESE TALENTS THAT MAKE HIM ARE NOTHING IN COMPARE
TO THE LOVE, THE CARE, THE KINDNESS, AND THE AFFECTION THAT HE SHARES
FOR A MAN’S HEART IS WOVEN BY THE HANDS OF GOD
KNITTED TO SERVE HIS PURPOSES, AND TO SING HIS SONG.
KNOWING THAT MY FATHER IS AN EXAMPLE, HE EXEMPLIFIES A MAN
THE VERY ESSENCE OF A MAN’S CHARACTER, CONTENTS, EMOTIONAL STRUCTURE, AND RESPONSIBILITY, INTGRITY, AND A SENSE OF DIGNITY AND PRIDE
THE TIME THAT ONE PUT INTO THESE RULES AND BY HOW THEY ABIDE
HE IS THE ROYAL KING, THE JURISDICTION, THE LAW OF THE HOUSE
THE WAR FINISHER, THE PEACEMAKER, THE TRAP TO THE MOUSE,
THE WEIGHT LIFTER, BURDEN BEARER, THE GO-GETTER
HE FIXES DOORS AND DOES MORE CHORES FOR THE WIFE THAT FIGURES
HE IS THE HUSBAND TO THE WIFE AND THE FATHER OF MANY
BOTH PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY MAYBE
HE IS THE FIRST AND LAST CREATION, IN A SPITTING IMAGE OF GOD
WHO HAS SINNED BUT CAN ADMIT THAT THE FAULT WITHIN HIM IS WRONG
THE SHIELD, THE SWORD, AND THE WARRIOR THAT PROTECTS THE FAMILY
ANYTHING THAT TRESPASSES, INTRUDES THEREFORE ITS EXISTANCE WILL BE
DESTROYED, AND ITS MISSION WILL GO UNHEARD BY THE SUPPOSED VICTIMS
CUZ DADDY TOOK CARE OF IT A LONG TIME AGO, BASED ON HIS PROTECTIVE DECISIONS
AND TO MY FATHER WHO HAS GUIDED ME SINCE I WAS BORN
YOUR SON HAS NOURISHED AND IS SLOWLY GROWING UNDER YOUR ROOF,
UNDER YOUR THRONE
I’M GLAD THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO CARRY YOUR NAME
GRAHAM EDMONDSON HAYES III, YOUR SON, YOUR BOY, CAN NEVER RELATE TO
ANYONE THE SAME
AND FINALLY TO THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS, I SAY HALLELUJAH AND I PRAISE
I LOVE TO CLAP, LAUGH, SING, AND DANCE, WHEN I CALL ON YOUR NAME
IT WAS YOU WHO HAD ME PLANNED OUT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
THANK YOU
HEAVENLY FATHER, ALMIGHTY MASTER, GOD THE EVERLASTING
YOUR AFFECTION IS EVERLASTING, OH GOD, FOR GIVING, WEAVING US SUCH A GREAT MAN
FOR MAKIG MY DAD SO THAT I MAY ONE DAY BECOME HIM
WHEN I JOURNEY ACROSS THE PATH UPON WHICH HIS FEET HAVE ALREADY TRAVELED
AND WHEN I CLIMB UP THE MOUNTAINOUS TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, WHICH
HE HAS ALREADY HANDLED.
THE JOURNEY OF BECOMING A REAL MAN IS CARVED ALONG THE VERY VERTEBRA OF MY SPINE
UPON WHICH I WILL ONE DAY BE ABLE TO STAND ON HIS SHOULDERS, AND CLAIM THEM MINE
I GLADLY SMILE AT THE FUTUREE WITH ANTICIPATION, KNOWING THAT WHEN I PRAY FOR IT I BETTER
EXPECT IT
THAT ONE DAY I WILL BE A MAN, A FATHER, ONE WHO CAN SHARE THE TRUE DEFINITION OF A FATHERS
AFFECTION.
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