Daddy Why Did You Leave Me
You only know my name you don’t know my story
But you’re so quick to judge as if for the way
I love my life you get the glory
Judging me for the choices that I make
As if you for one have never made a mistake
Trying to make me feel like what I do doesn’t matter
And all of my dreams will eventually get shattered
You act as if you really care when in all actuality
You were never really there
You never were around when I needed you most
To be able to comfort me or wipe away my tears
You were my daddy you should have been there to take away my fears
So I had to grow up by myself and learn to do things on my own
I felt I would never have a chance in this world I felt so all alone
You see you were my hero once upon a time
I thought the world of you and I loved that daddy of mines
Until this day things remain the same and I think you’ll never ever change
But yet in still I have a glimmer of hope that someday you will see all of the pain that you have ever caused me
For leaving me to fin for myself and go through the things that I did
Some things I went through should never happen to a kid
So you see daddy all I ever wanted was for you to be there to reach out
To me your daughter and show me that you care
But instead you choose to distance yourself you have become a perfect
Stranger and for things you’ve done to me I have so much hidden anger
I hope one day you will see that the life I’m living I planned for me
You see daddy I’ve been through a great deal
From being homeless to not knowing where I was
Going to get my next meal
From being beaten and touched by strangers I’ve been through so very much
And all I ever wanted was for you to be there to hold me in your arms and tell me
Princess daddy cares
But instead of the dream I had envisioned that someday you would eventually
Come around and be the father to me that I seek and still have not found
Copyright © Eleanor Bolden | Year Posted 2012
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