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| >"Cause my daddy's always with me, >Even though we are apart >I know because he told me, >He'll forever be in my heart" > >With that, her little hand reached up, >And lay across her chest. >Feeling her own heartbeat, >Beneath her favourite dress. > >And from somewhere in the crowd of dads, >Her mother stood in tears. >Proudly watching her daughter, >Who was wise beyond her years. > >For she stood up for the love >Of a man not in her life. >Doing what was best for her, >Doing what was right. > >And when she dropped her hand back down, >Staring straight into the crowd. >She finished with a voice so soft, >But its message clear and loud. > >"I love my daddy very much, >He's my shining star. >And if he could, he'd be here, >But heaven's just too far. > >You see he was a fireman >And died just this past year >When airplanes hit the towers >And taught "The World" to fear. > >But sometimes when I close my eyes, >It's like he never went away." >And then she closed her eyes, >And saw him there that day. > >And to her mother's amazement, >She witnessed with surprise. >A room full of daddies and children, >All starting to close their eyes. > >Who knows what they saw before them, >Who knows what they felt inside. >Perhaps for merely a second, >They saw him at her side. > >"I know you're with me Daddy," >To the silence she called out. >And what happened next made believers, >Of those once filled with doubt. > >Not one in that room could explain it, >For each of their eyes had been closed. >But there on the desk beside her, >Was a fragrant long-stemmed pink rose. > >And a child was blessed, if only for a moment, >By the love of her shining bright star. >And given the gift of believing, >That heaven is never too far |