I know raising me wasn’t easy,
It was long and it was hard.
But you told me to stay strong,
And go the extra yard.
Though my teenage years,
Were just a little rough.
I wasn’t big,
Or I wasn’t tough.
I didn’t want to listen,
To all the stuff you had to say.
I always thought you were some man,
Just getting in the way.
I wanted to live my life,
Not have anything to do with you all.
I know what would have happened,
If you would have let me fall.
I think those few months,
The ones in the past.
Are gone forever,
Because I didn’t want them to last.
So I learned,
The hard way to stand.
Still with each lump,
I found your hand.
I soon found out that you,
Were one amazing dad.
The dad I thought,
I never had.
You have so much to offer,
Drawing from you an inner strength.
And stubborn pride,
Of equal length.
So now you know the reason for this,
I didn’t write it because I was blue.
I wrote this because I don’t say this nearly enough,
“Daddy, I love you.”
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Submission Name: Daddy, This is for you
