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Daddy's Day Her
hair up in a ponytail, 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 along the wall in back, for everyone to meet Children
squirming impatiently, anxious in their seats One
by one the teacher called, a student from the class To
introduce their daddy, as seconds slowly passed At
last the teacher called her name, every child turned to stare Each
of them were searching, for a man that 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 at her friends And
looked back at her teacher, who told her to begin And
with hands behind her back, slowly she began to speak And
out from the mouth of a child, came words incredibly unique “My
Daddy couldn’t be here, because he lives so far away But
I know he wishes he could be, with me on this day And
though you cannot meet him, I wanted you to know All
about my daddy, and how much he loves me so He
loved to tell me stories, he taught me to ride my bike He
surprised me with pink roses, and he taught me to fly a 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 forever be here in my heart” With
that her little hand reached up, and lay across her chest Feeling
her own heartbeat, beneath her favorite dress And
from somewhere in the crowd of dads, her mother stood in tears Proudly
watching her daughter, who was wise beyond her years For
she stood up for the love, of a man not in her life Doing
what was best for her, doing what was right And
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 And
if he could he’d be here, but heavens just too far But
sometimes when I close my eyes, it’s like he never went away” And
then she closed her eyes, and saw him there that day And
to her mother’s amazement, she witnessed with surprise A
room full of daddies and children, all starting to close their eyes Who
knows what they saw before them, who knows what they felt inside Perhaps
for merely a second, they saw him at her side “I
know you’re with me daddy.”
To the silence she called out And
what happened next made believers, of those once filled with doubt Not
one in that room could explain it, for each of their eyes had been closed But
there placed on her desktop, was a beautiful fragrant pink rose And
a child was blessed, if only a moment, by the love of her shining bright
star And
given the gift of believing, that heaven is never too far © Cheryl Costello-Forshey 2000 All Rights Reserved. Cannot be copied or reproduced in any form without the written consent of the author and copyright holder.
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