Daddy's Little Girl
Her hair up in a pony tail,
Her favorite dress tied with a bow
Today was daddy's day at school,
And she couldn't wait to go.
But her
mommy tried to tell her,
That she probably should stay home
Why the kids might not understand,
If she went to school alone.
But she
was not afraid,
She knew just what to say
What to tell her classmates,
On this Daddy's day.
But still
her mother worried,
For her to face this day alone
And that was why once again,
She tried to keep her daughter home.
But the
little girl went to school,
Eager to tell them all
About a dad she never sees,
A dad who never calls.
There
were daddies all around the room,
For everyone to meet
Children squirmed impatiently,
Anxious in there seats
One by
one the teacher called,
A student from the class
To introduce their daddy,
As the minutes slowly passed
At last
the teacher called her name,
Every child turned to stare
Each of them were searching,
For a man who wasn't there
Where's
her daddy at?
She heard a boy call out
She probably doesn't have one
Another student dared to shout
And from
somewhere near the back,
She heard a daddy say
"Looks like another deadbeat dad,
Too busy to waste his day."
The words
did not offend her,
As she smiled there at her friends
And looked back at her teacher,
Who told her to begin.
And with
hands clasped behind her back,
Slowly she began to speak
And from the mouth of that dear child,
Came words incredibly unique.
My daddy
couldn't be here,
Because he lives so far away
But I know he wishes that he could,
Be with me on this day
And
though you can not meet him,
I wanted you to know
All about my daddy,
And how he loves me so
He loved
to tell me stories,
He taught me to ride my bike,
He surprised me with pink roses
And taught me to fly my kite
We used
to share fudge sundaes
And ice cream in a cone
And though you cannot see him,
I'm not standing all alone
'Cause my
daddy's always with me,
Even though we are apart
I know because he told me,
He'll be forever in my heart.
With that
her little hand reached up,
And lay across her chest
Feeling her own heartbeat,
Beneath her favorite dress
Somewhere
in the crowd of dads,
Her mother sat in tears
Proudly watching her little daughter,
Who was wise beyond her years
She stood
up for the love
Of a man not in her life
Doing what was best for her,
Doing what was right
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
If he could he'd be here,
But heavens just too far
Sometimes
when I close my eyes,
It's like he never went away."
Then she closed her pretty eyes,
And saw him there that day
As her
mother glanced about,
She witnessed with surprise
A room full of dads and children,
All starting to close there eyes
Who knows
what they saw before them,
Who knows what they felt inside
Perhaps for just a second,
They saw him at her side.
"I
know you're with me Daddy,"
To the silence she called out
What happened next made believers,
Of those once filled with doubt
No one
could explain it,
For each there eyes had closed
Out there upon her desktop,
Was a beautiful pink rose
A child
was blessed, if for a moment,
By the love of her shining star
And given the gift of believing,
That heaven is not too far!!
