My Mucker…. Dad

​It’s a strange place to be 
When someone you love is no longer here. 
My Dad, he was  our protector.. a person who had my back during times I didn’t anyone care.

He saved my life in 2009, and said he was proud of me before he passed,
But I also know he wasn’t always pleased about my decisions which I hastily made. 
But he was my Dad, my best friend, the one I wish he could have stayed.

He was cheeky, and called a spade a spade, 
He got on with everyone, he was that kind of man,
He was a great Father in the end, and personally I was a fan.

I loved him, my dear Father
He took me out of the doldrums, as God used him to protect people that he loved
When bored he would pick up the phone and called someone he loved and respect, 
And like us all, he wasn’t at all perfect.

I, like many others will miss him 
Because these words haven’t been written because I released a fear, 
I know God is looking over him, and because of that I graciously endear.

Jason
9th February 2026