Poem for step-father?

[lady1297]

DH and I got poems for my parents and his mom when we got married, but we never found one for DH's step-father cause none of the poems/sayings were appropriate. Can you help? Any sites that have nice poems about step dads.

[thompso2]

Stepfathers Are No Less than Those of Blood

Stepfathers are no less than those of blood:
The spirit is more comely than the flesh.
Equally, two mysteries might mesh,
Paired by nature or by neighborhood.
Fathers are defined by how they love,
And not by how they multiply or breed.
Though you did not supply the primal seed,
How you've loved me does your kinship prove.
Each child must turn when life's too hard to bear,
Regarding someone's arms or empty air.
So do I turn, and always you are there.

Stepfathers of Grown Children Find the Grace

Stepfathers of grown children find the grace
To love beneath a banner of their own.
Each is more than friend, though not by blood;
Parent, yet not part of childhood;
Father, yes, in truth, but not in stone.
Arms open ever to our long embrace,
They give to us what's theirs to give alone:
Hearts unhindered by a child's good,
Ears unhampered by what words we would,
Regard deep rooted in a single tone
Shared through fondness for a single face.

[KrissyCat7]

To Step Father

Do you know that I love you?
Though you're not my dad by blood.
But, I will always call you Father,
For on you, the title sounds good.

You were there when I lost a tooth,
And even when I skinned my knees.
You taught me how to ride a bike,
And to say Thank you and Please.

You've always taken care of me,
You loved me like I was your own.
Never taking into account you weren't,
Flesh of my flesh, or bone of my bone.

Thank you for always being there,
Even though I could be a bother.
You mean the world to me,
My best friend, my step Father.



World's Greatest Step Dad

I've been thinking, Dad, about all the times

you've believed in me when I didn't even

believe in myself. Times you've understood me

when I was so difficult to understand.

The times you've encouraged me when

I needed it most. But more than these things,

Dad, I've been thinking about the unfailing

love which has followed me through all the

stages of my life...And I just want to let

you know that I think you are

"The Greatest Dad in the Whole World "

And that I Love You very, much.