Daddy Your My Hero

Daddy I remember, I was probably about three, all the times you made me laugh, like when 
you tickled me.

Daddy I adored you, even when I made you mad, youv'e always taken care of me, through 
the good times and the bad.

Daddy I remember, when you would play guitar, and we would sing to grandma, to me you 
were a star.

Didn't have much money, and when mom went away, you worked, cleaned and cooked for 
us, and taught us how to pray.

Then one day I turned sixteen, a real tough age for me, didn't always think things through 
and acted selfishly.

All I ever meant to do was make you proud of me, I'm sorry if I wasn't who you expected 
me to be.

Daddy I was hurting too, you also caused me pain, and just like you I sometimes felt I was 
about to go insane.

Daddy it is true that you have given me a lot, because you only wanted me to have the 
things you never got.

Daddy I appreciate the things youv'e bought for me, but the happiest Iv'e ever been was 
when we barely had a thing.

The love and trust between us then was very special to me, and there's no amount of money 
that could replace those memories.

Daddy what I'm getting at is no matter what you do, there's nobody else on earth that could 
ever hold a candle to you.

Because it takes a special man to raise two kids alone, nobody helped you do it, you did it 
on your own.

Daddy your my hero, the good times outweigh the bad, because God gave me the best 
daddy a girl could ever have.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Sullivant Avatar
March 22, 2011 at 1:39 PM
Thank you Steven! :)
Mayfield Avatar
March 17, 2011 at 8:57 PM
Awesome, It reminded me of my dad.
Sullivant Avatar
February 22, 2010 at 4:42 PM
Thanks David! :-)
Byrne Avatar
February 21, 2010 at 9:36 PM
Very sweet poem and welcome to the site!
Sullivant Avatar
February 21, 2010 at 9:11 PM
thank you so much Susan! i appreciate the compliment and i'm glad you enjoyed it. i wrote this poem for my dad several years ago for fathers day. he has it in his office in a frame. :-)
Palli Avatar
February 21, 2010 at 6:41 AM
That brought tears to my eyes. Lovely poem
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