The day I became a father

Today is not the day I became a father

That day was not it either

I became a father when I saw you cry

And decided to be better

I became a father when you came into my life

And I knew things had to change

Because a father should be the one

To show you the world, yet keep you safe

The same world that let me meet your mother,

The same world I’ll help you explore

In the end, my job

Is to protect you who made me a father

And showed me how to be better