Wish

Hey little angel  
Why are you crying  
Breaking the heart of a broken old man?  
Lil' one, let me hold your tiny hand  
I will dry the tears streaming from your eyes  
To brighten your night is my heart's one desire  
How do I answer your whispered wish to me?  
Hearing your wish and wishing it could be so  
What happened to the biological DNA doner  
That abandoned you and your older brother?  
The warm hug I give you can hardly suffice  
for the seed planted in the bottom of my heart  
When you said you wanted me to be your daddy  
My heart filled with both sorrow and with joy  
As I would gladly take on the mantle if it could be  
How good it felt to know you felt that way for me  
My own life-long wish to be a father embraced  
Yet the confusion of how any man can abandon  
Children as wonderful as the two of you  
What kind of dead beat must he be?  
Take my hand and call me whatever you feel  
I am here for you angel of happiness  
Hugs and cuddles and a place  
to let tears dry on my shoulder  
And make my shoulders a place  
to place your arms around  
when you need to be lifted up high  
As your smile cheers my spirit into the heavens  
From where my heart once went tumbling down  
Now the joy you bring renews my faith in real love