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Daddy's Little Girl


You chose me
Then sent me away
You left me to find a life
Then come back no I hate you
My dearest daddy
You were my favorite
But now to my family
They die if I killed them I'm sorry
We have floated away
And I will not pick up the par to find you
I'm gone and daddy
Your the reason

Oupa Wynand

When you smile its like your face is leaking sunshine
The crinkles on your face tell a story
The lines around your eyes tell me all the times you've laughed
The furrows between your eyebrows are the burdens you've carried
The white in your hair is the wisdom you've sown

I found this Question written on a bit paper in my Daughter's room, After She lost her fight with cancer. I could not let it go unanswered.

When will Life Begin to Matter?

What a question! When will life begin to matter? And where do you start?
You could ask this question of anyone but it should Truly be the question you ask your self if the Life in question is your own or one you hold in your heart.
 For myself and my belief it began to matter when I realized just how precious life is because you never know when it will end.
I cannot remember The exact date or time but I do know it was much later in life than it should have been.
 Throughout all the Joys and throughout all the Sorrows,
when you realize Forever did not begin today and for certain will not end Tomorrow.

wow...this is a very old thread...
that was strange ;)

mikimoondancer said:wow...this is a very old thread...
that was strange ;) oldie but goldie

Circle the wagons

and we, all three of us
are trying to make ready our minds
for what's coming

in the quiet times mid conversation
the force of it all
lets its weight be known

there is a sadness
and a palpable fear about the house
when I visit, but there is a love
stronger than its ever been
for as far back as I can remember  

I remember the look on your sweet little face
and how you ran to the ice cream truck; you always won the race
Mother called you Gypsy Rose Lee, because you were stylish at ten
As a teen, you wore a peasant skirt with a long hem

You were someone that I loved with all of my being
The prettiest girl of us four; watching you play was freeing
Confident and curious, you played well with others
And we both know how it was around the two other sisters and our brother

The boys they came a calling, for you; some of them were great
You never lacked friendship or want for a date
When you became a young woman, you matured fast
Your beauty was like a newly opened tulip, people were aghast

I was many years older, and you all had a different dad
And when he married mother; I was very glad
When I left home, I left you in charge
And I’m sure you stepped up to the plate large

Since mother left, there has been no contact between us
She was the glue…and if she knew, she would cuss
Because all she wanted was for all of us to get along
And I’m sure that she is proud of you, you could do no wrong

You finished college before anyone else did
And found a great catch in that hubby of yours, kid
Even with secrets and the things that we did to one another
For my part, I am sorry; like I said the last time we spoke to each other

Being so far away, you did what you could
And I don’t fault you; no one would
Mothers last days must have been tough on you all
I’m sorry I dropped the ball

But there are things you all never knew
About she and I; and there was nothing that I could do
I suspect that you and I won’t speak to each other for the rest of our life
But I still think about you and sometimes it helps to write

Of how I miss your sweet little face
And how you walked and spoke with grace
Trying not to cry now, as I often do
You meant so much to me, as I hope I did to you, my dearest sister; I miss you

Hi Dad.

You don't visit me,
and I wonder where you are
if you can see everything clearer now
or if it's quiet,
and you don't see anything at all
anymore.

I wait sometimes
Surprisingly, I pray sometimes

I mostly talk to you as if you're stuck
On the real side of the screen
And none of this matters
But happens to change
the spaces between stars
altering the course of nature
as we understand it

And that doesn't matter either
when we get down to it

I read to you once
And you saw, it seemed
through a clouded window
But it was for you
Built by you, in a way

All for you
Somewhere out there.

My Goodbye

I see the smile
You offer me today
As though you know
That I'm not okay

You see the pain
Written on my face
As you compare me
To our broken vase

My dearest baby girl
I love you so
I am sorry but
Its time to go

We spent the years
Of amazing joy together
But my baby girl
I'm leaving you forever...