Dennis my father, best friend, my hero

Dennis my father, best friend my hero   
Dennis was always there for me   
Whenever I was in need.   
He taught me how to swim and read   
Taught me how to give   
Whenever I was straying from my path   
He always pulled me in.   
In my turbulent times   
You were a rudder to me   
You also had to beat me, to make a man of me.  
When I was deep in pain after surgery   
You sat throughout the night with me   
You held my hand, took away the pain.   
I love you daddy   
Your legendary exploits in medical and business fields   
Are known by every body,   
But I like you all to know, the time he spent with me   
You shaped my life but failed in making a gentleman of me.   
You climbed mountain’s with me on your back   
And swam across the Mahaweli River with me.   
I remember those hunting trips   
And when I was small you kept rne on your lap, you used to   
read to me   
When you came into my house two years ago   
Looking after you was the natural thing for me.   
Just being next to you made my life complete.  
I love you more than life itself, you mean that much   
To me.  
Rohan Aloysius