Daddy's Girl Poem

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If I was a Daddy’s girl,
Oh wouldn’t that be great.
I’d hug him everyday,
He wouldn’t have to wait.

It's so hard to talk about it,
Why can't it just be true?
Why did he have to leave me?
Please come back, I want to be with you.

But none of this will happen,
As I sit here and I cry.
No daddy to share my feelings with,
Why me, God oh why?

I'm so glad that mommy’s here,
As she tickles me to the ground.
But now she's all I've got,
Since you're never around.

My mother's always here for me,
She helps me when I need it.
You weren't there when I needed you most,
And I will always heed it.

I think of all my other friends,
Who have their dads by their sides.
It makes me so sad,
And I just want to run and hide.

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