You weren't there to hear my first words
Or everytime I was sick
You weren't there when I fell down
When I came home with tear-filled eyes
Because children are cruel and cannot accept
What they cannot understand
But you have been there
When the world no longer made sense to me
His blows would be endless
Sometimes I would want to give up
Feeling so small and hopeless
Your voice so often rang in my ears
A soothing sound that always dried my tears
And eased the sting that was so often on my cheek
It was just seven years ago you walked into my life
Daddy is the title I gave you not long after
You always asked about my grades
Even scolded me for misbehaving
And I knew with every birthday
Came the promise of a card
That meant more to me than any stupid gift
It is your words I cherish
Last June the time finally came
You hugged me tight and suddenly
My step fathers villian-like actions
No longer mattered
You weren't there when I graduated
Or turned twenty-one
But you were there
To teach me lifes most important lesson
A fathers love should never hurt


To bryan, a friend of my momthers who walked into her life and accepted me as his own when my own father refused he forever changed my life and gave me a reason to keep going

I love you Daddy

Sorry for any pain you have ever had to endure.

Hey Nicki! Great, again!