Daddy's Poem

If you're expecting something that's happy turn right around and leave . That's not me .

You used to hold my hand
When I quaked with fear
When I shook
You used to be my savior
My line not without a hook

You used to tell me bedtime stories
And smile at my jokes
Pick me up and play piggyback
While I giggled
I want all that back

When you used to speak to me
And be part of my life
When you actually loved me
When you cared
That's what I want to see

Who taught me how to say goodbye
The best that he could
Leaving me all alone
And breaking my 7 year old heart
With a call from the phone

Where had he gone
This man of my heart
Why had he left me
And torn me apart

I miss how things used to be
Back when I was a child
For now all I get from him
Is hurting and abuse
That isn't so dim

Now all I see
Is one broken hole
Where you left me and didn't care
Crying for you to stay
I just don't think it's fair

Daddy dearest
Daddy mine
Will you come back
Can you try
To be a father figure that you lack ?

I would do anything
Anything for you
To bring you back to me
But you have broken my heart
Far too much for you to see