--- title: Dad, I Miss You date: 2008-07-17T13:35:12Z modified: 2025-02-18T06:45:21Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/dad-i-miss-you/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 246 categories: - Life Poems author: Raji Krishnan timestamp: 2025-02-18T06:45:21Z tags: - Life Poems --- My dad was not a good dresser He was never trimmed and neat With simple clothes and footwear just to protect him from the [heat](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/heat-bloom.md). He never spent lavishly Nor drove a sparkling car He never took any vacations and never went any far. He worked for long hours To make a good pay. And even if he’s sick or tired He went to work each day He was well versed in English and the arts And [wisdom](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/the-beginning-of-wisdom.md) is something That he constantly imparts. He was a simple man And for riches he didn’t thirst. He loved his family And to him his family was first. He had [six](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/six-foot-six.md) kids – yes he did! He inculcated in them a [true](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/that-much-is-true.md) sense of right and wrong and he often taught them on how to be strong! He never had much money and his life was never a show He still is the richest man That humanity will ever know!