I need you Daddy!

Daddy! Daddy!
Hear my cry  -
I beg you please
PLEASE do not die!
At School today
My friends all said
"Why does your Daddy
Want to be dead?"
What did I do -
What did I say -
That made you want
To end this way?
 
Daddy! Daddy!
I love you!
Please tell me what
I have to do.
I know you and Mummy
Had an awful row  -
Does this mean
You don't love me now?
What can I do
To make things right?
I feel so scared
When you both fight!
 
Daddy! Daddy!
Please come home.
Without you near
I feel so alone!
And if you die
Just to ease your pain
How will I ever
Learn to trust again?
I'm just a child  -
I'm only five!
Don't take your life -
 I need you alive!
 
Daddy! Daddy!
Hear my plea!
I need your arms
To comfort me!
I'll need you here
As I learn and grow
But we can live apart
If it must be so!
Just say that you'll
Be HERE for me.
What would I do
Without my Daddy??

Copyright © 2004 Cora E. Barras
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