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A girl cries out for the loss of her father who has left her life. All she wants is to be daddy's little girl.

Daddy's Little Girl

© LaKandace Harris
Broken promises and sad goodbyes you left me standing all alone with tears in the well of my eyes.
In the blink of an eye, you turned your back and walked away;
often I wonder if I'm the reason you didn't stay.
Everyday I dream of how perfect my life would be if you were here.
You could be my everlasting sheild and protect me from all my fears.
Or whenever I'm down you would hold me in your arms and wipe away my tears.
But deep in my heart I know it will never be;
that you would walk back into my life and never leave me.
Birthdays, Graduations, Prom:
you've missed it all.
And it hurts so much because you didn't even bother to call.
The truth is I need you here in my life.
When I get married, I want you there to give me away to become a wife.
And when I graduate I want to see that look of satisfaction on your face.
I don't want another man to take your place.
For there's nothing I want more in this world than to just be daddy's little girl.

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Published: Feb 2006

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  • I so hear you sister! You definately know how to write with emotion!

    Aletta Eva Submitted Feb 2010
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  • When I was little my father left. I often hoped that he would come back and I thought it would make my life perfect. I knew my mother had moved on when she got remarried, and I knew she was happier without my dad. I used to see him on the weekends, and slowly he made up excuses not to see my sisters and me. Then the visits stopped all together about four years ago. I haven't seen him much since and he doesn't do more than call every few years. How lame is that? Now I am a junior in high school, and when he does manage a simple call, I want to yell and scream for all the things he put us through. But in the end all I can manage is cry. I always thought I was DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL, and now I can hardly understand the stranger who called a few weeks ago.

    Ashley, PA Submitted Mar 2010
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  • This poem really touched my heart. I can relate to your poem and your words. My father also walked out on me as well. I met him for the first time when I was six and I saw him once in awhile, but it really hit me how much he didn't care about me when I nearly got kicked out of my house and my mom told me to ask him if I could live with him and he told me that my step mom comes before his own daughter.

    Amanda Submitted Mar 2010
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  • Thank you for the comments and for sharing your stories -Amanda and Ashely! I wrote this when I was 15 years old (I'm 23 now) and it definitely helped me to release all the hurt that I'd been holding in for years. It's important to vent your feelings no matter how painful it may seem because holding it in will only hurt you in the long run. If you have the right attitude you can take a negative and turn it into a positive...let it be your motivation to do greater things and to show them "look what I accomplished!!" Forgive them so that you can move on w/ your life :) God bless!

    Lakandace Harris Submitted Nov 2010
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  • This is the first poem that describes the relationship with my dad. You write beautifully, and I hope that things will get better between you and your father.

    Marisol. Texas Submitted Dec 2010
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  • Umm I love this poem because well that's how I feel. Like when I was one years old my dad left because my mom and him were always fighting. So I never knew him. Then when I was 4 years old my mom got married (she was never married to my dad) and I always thought he was my dad until my mom just randomly showed me his house. I didn't understand because I was only 7 but I just lived a life of lies. I am now 13 and I have still never met my dad and I think about the future like is he going to be there when something important comes up or are his two sons that he had with his wife more important then me his only daughter?! I wish he would come back for me and thanks to your poem it really made me realize that I need a dad and that I want him to be there for my wedding and graduation. Thanks

    Shanna, Wisconsin Submitted May 2011
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  • This made me cry, my dad was hardly around when I was little. He died when I was 12 years old. He didn't see me get married and have two children. He wasn't there for my divorce and help me go through it. Now my kids are going through it too. Their dad never calls to talk to them even on their b-day. He only sees them once a month for now. I am afraid that it will not even be that soon. He is going to marry someone who doesn't do kids. My daughter was and is daddy's little girl. He can do no wrong in her eyes. I feel she will one day repeat to him of what this poem it saying.

    Maryland Submitted 8/17/2012
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