I didn't know what you were
going through
I was too young to be aware,
All I know is you left one day
and my hero was no longer there
I gave my whole heart to you
Even cried when you felt bad
And when you walked away from me
You left the greatest love you had
I waited by the window
I listened for your call
As I watched the flowers begin to bloom
And snowflakes start to fall
On Christmas you sent presents
Every birthday there was a card
But I've never heard the words that I needed to hear
Enduring your silence, for me, was hard
Was it me that caused you to walk away
To grow so distant and cold?
Your absence has created a void in me
I still have the need to feel whole.
I cling to tender memories
Of moments we used to share
Like how times when I cried out in the nite,
your loving arms were there.
You were my first love, my first friend,
my caring and faithful defender,
You caused my first loss, my first pain,
and became my soul's contender
I still wait and watch through the window pane
as the months and years roll by
I still feel the loss of unrequited love
then , daddy, I start to cry.
©Lisa Elaine Lawrence-Hudson, November 1995
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