A Dads' Love

Hold me close,

lift me up and

bring me down.

Your one

and only

baby girl.

Tell me one thing

before you go?

Did you

really love me?

Am I daddy’s

lil’ girl?

Will you

love me more?

If I play princess,

you can be the king!

Let’s play hide n’ go seek!

You always hide and I seek

until it gets dark enough

to no longer see.

Did you ever really

love me?

Where’s my shoulder to cry on,

the dances on tippy toes and

mornings greeted by smiles?

Why do the other girls have one?

Ones who love them more

than the world?

Teach them how to be

treated by boys?

That protect them

from everything.

Do you love me?

How is it

that a man

can ignore

his own responsibilities,

faults and

lies?

Lay them

upon his own

children

to clean up.

Making false

promises

of appearances

that I can’t

get a refund for.

I cried

in mom’s arms

when you

made it hard

to still

love you.

What did I

do so wrong

for you not

to love me

enough

to be an

honorable king?

Why did I

end up

with a dad

like you?