::Roxanna::

True Story

The day you were born
I expected a son
I'd had one before
Logically, deal was done

 

But you were a girl
Strange and new
I didn't know what to think
Or what to do

 

Time went on
And you grew on me
A bond was built
My love was the key

 

Few years past
You were the apple of my eye
My beautiful daughter
My star in a dark sky

 

When you turned five
And our life was the best
There was an accident
A tightening in my chest

 

And on that evening
After a tickle fight
My breath was caught short
And I saw a light

 

It was never my plan to leave you
God was calling me home
I wish things could've been different
But now in Heaven I roam

 

Dear Roxanna, please believe
I was happy and blessed
I didn't want to leave

 

But alas you grew up
Without me, without a father
You've done good baby
Don't cry, don't bother

 

For the tears you shed

Are appreciated really
But the life I lived
Was perfect, truly

 

I'll always be with you
Watching and guiding
Till the day you join me
Heavens abiding

 

Till then my love
Life your life
Fill it with hope
Not with strife

 

Take care of your mother
She loves you so
Be a good daughter
And don't tell her no

 

I'll love you always
Don't forget
I am your father
And nothing can change that

Author's Note

Being that it's Father's Day, I'd like to push this one out there. Just in remembrance. =)

Reviews

[The Empty Hour Glass]

I love this piece. I enjoy how your main focus is the father's message of encouraging his daughter, instead of the daughter's pain. A few little mistakes I'm sure you could pick up if you were to read through this again. Good job, thanks for requesting I read this one.

[BLBrown]

This is so sweet and sad. I know it must be hard to write something such as this, but thank you for sharing on this special day. It is very touching, emotional and sad. Clever that you gave him the voice.

[Kimberly "Melody" Carne..]

Loved this!