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| DADDY |
| PRECIOUS MEMORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD SO OFTEN COME TO MIND. OF A MAN I LOVE AND CHERISH CAUSE HE IS SO GOOD AND KIND |
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| HIS LOT IN LIFE WAS OFTEN HARD BUT HE NEVER DID COMPLAIN. HE'D TILL THE SOIL, SOW THE SEED AND WAIT FOR IT TO RAIN. |
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| HE NEVER WAS TOO BUSY TO SHARE HIS TIME WITH ME. TO FIX A TOY, WIPE A TEAR OR KISS A BRUISED KNEE. |
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| WHEN MY DREAMS SEEMED FARFETCHED HE'D GO THAT EXTRA MILE. TO DO WHATEVER HE MUST DO JUST TO SEE ME SMILE. |
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| I WISH IT WERE WITHIN MY POWER TO BRING BACK THOSE CAREFREE DAYS THO' THEY ARE GONE, I HAVE BEEN BLESSED, IN SO MAY WONDEROUS WAYS. |
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| THE YEARS HAVE TAKEN A TOLL ON HIM, NOW THERE'S SILVER IN HIS HAIR. I KNOW IT WAS CONCERN FOR ME, THAT HELPED TO PUT IT THERE. |
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| TO SIMPLY SAY "I LOVE YOU" CANNOT REPAY THE DEBT I OWE. FOR ALL THE SACRIFICES AND THE WAY HE HELPED ME GROW. |
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| THE DAY MAY COME WHEN WE MUST PART, BUT I'LL NEVER SAY "GOODBYE" I'LL SAY, "SEE YOU LATER DADDY, IN OUR HEAVENLY HOME ON HIGH." |
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| I WROTE THIS POEM FOR DADDY FOR FATHER'S DAY IN 1991 TO EXPRESS THE LOVE I HAD FOR HIM. HE WAS SUFFERING WITH CANCER AND WE KNEW IT WOULD BE THE LAST FATHER'S DAY WE WOULD SHARE WITH HIM ON THIS EARTH. HE ACTED LIKE IT WAS THE BEST PRESENT I COULD HAVE GIVEN HIM AND THE SMILE AND BIG HUG HE GAVE ME WAS WORTH ALL THE GOLD IN FORT KNOX. JESUS SENT AN ANGEL TO TAKE HIM HOME ON FRIDAY THE 13TH OF SEPT. OF THAT YEAR. DADDY ALWAYS DID SAY THAT FRIDAY THE 13TH WAS HIS LUCKY DAY ! ! ! ~ Written by Doris W. Bell ~ |
