When I struggled with school
You were there to teach me
When I was in despair
You gave me hope

When everyone downgraded my standard
You believed in me and gave me reasons I must understand
When everyone saw in me a broken soul
You saw a broken soul healing broken souls

For once I wanted to quit
But you sustained me with reasons I must continue
When I had a wrong impression about poetry
You showed me that a pen and a paper can save a broken soul

I thought poetry was just literature in metrical formation
But you showed me that its a communication
Resembling the feeling of avocation
Now it has become my habitation

When everybody thought I was going nowhere
You ignited my inner Lamp and made me shine
I remember enemies were everywhere
But you became the hurricane knocking anything and everybody out of my path

You showed me that I was more valuable
When everybody devalued me
Even when nobody was available
You were there to give me a helping hand

When they said trash about me
You taught me that silence is golden
Yeah your rules were and are still clear and fresh
Every word you taught me is golden
I treasure you Father,
Mr. Joseph Sailas Kasongo
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