A Child's Prayer

A Child's Prayer In his dreams they played ball in the park A little boy and his doting dad Their times together were precious Until things between mum and dad got bad The little boy knelt by his bed And murmured a silent prayer His mum was the best he could wish for But he wished his dad was still there 'Why did you leave me,Dad? Why did you leave the family home? I miss our times together And I feel so alone I know that sometimes I was naughty And your patience at times was tried But if you could see me now Your heart would swell with pride I remember those days we went fishing You'd let me put the bait on the hook Then when you caught a fish in the net I could hardly bear to look You'd see that I was squeamish And thought to hurt it was a sin So you'd take pity on the fish And throw it straight back in In my dreams you still read me stories And we still play ball and fish To see you once again, Daddy That is my greatest wish