Forget the Fantasies of Fatherhood

Music: Iced Spring Theme.
By Peter Rudenko.
Performed by Peter Rudenko at the Free Music Archive
under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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Forget the fantasies of fatherhood
And take a look at what your life has wrought.
The choices you have made, both good and bad,
Have added up to … Well, you can add.
Enduring love will bring what you have sought,
Regardless of the pain the years have brought,
Sustaining what can only end in good.

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