Thank You My Daughter

  If I could fix the trangressions of my youth to save my Daughter from making the same mistakes that I once did I would hop head first on that train and ride it to the end.

She is the only reason I continue to breath on this cold and dingy ground and she is the only reason I can make a smile out of a frown.

She turned me into a man where once only boy first stood, she made me see that I have done some good.

I will not find a way to make all of my wrongs right, but I will do my best to save her from that plight.

And though I know myself to be a humble man, I also know that I will die from doing all I can.

I looked into my daughters eyes the other day and saw her gleefully staring back, but for all the things that I have done, for her Ill take the rack.

 

I walked her into her classrom just a day or so ago, and I stood there a proud father as I watched her happily go.

 

I turned and walked away as a tear began to fall, and just as I was walking out the door I heard my Daughters call.

 

I love you daddy, was all she said, and so the flood began. I cried that day for I knew that she had made me a  better man.

 

So to her I say; Thank You for you have done more for your old man than I can ever express. I just hope that I deserve the love you give and to you I don't transgress.

Reviews

[Ruth]

Another emootional write love! So touching.....I can relate to the daughter/father relationship.....this is beautiful xx

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

A teasure chest memory! Beautifully written

[Kenneth The Poet]

Stunning piece of hopeful work.