Daddy's Little Angel
She is just a baby
To young to understand
Her little bowed legs
Her longing out stretched hand
The world revolves around her
As far as she can see
She can't yet comprehend
Why mommy and daddy disagree
She's walks and talks
She listens and she learns
She now has a vague idea
For what daddy always yearns
Mommy yells at daddy
Daddy yells at mom
So very little changes
It just goes on and on
A little older now
She hates the arguments
She lives and loves the both of us
To her it makes no sense
Why mommy loves her daddy
And daddy lovers her mom
Yet they fight with such bitterness
And seem to mean such harm
Then they hug, kiss and love
Things so much improve
And life is so much happier
Her hurts and fears are soothed
She sees the danger coming
She has seen it all before
Quietly inside herself
She's prepares for a war
The house explodes in violence
The accusations fly
The chaos just goes on and on
As bitter years go by
Daddy's gone the fighting stop
But life is none the better
She's always wanting her daddy
In her hand she holds his letter
The letter's from her daddy
She reads it with a tear
Her daddy he's so far away
She wishes he was near
As he writes with anger
She can almost see
The evil men in her daddy's world
What terror that must be
Her daddy writes the loving words
She wants to hear him say
She reads of all his promises
He says he'll prove to her one day
She Just wants her daddy home
She doesn't even care
Things could be just as they were
If only her daddy were there
I know that it will take some time
I know there will be pain
But for rainbows and for sunshine
First there must be rain
There always will be storms
Life is just that way
But when this storm is over
Maybe her daddy will come back to stay
Here I make my promise
To my first baby girl
The life you've always wanted
Ill bring you in this world
I know that when your dad comes home
he will show you what he means
All the happiness you deserve
Is coming in your teens
Just wait a little longer
God protects us all
One day we will recover
From this, our biggest fall
Copyright © Laura Stalnaker | Year Posted 2014
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