“Daddy, watch me, Daddy!”
Every milestone, every step,
The two-wheeler that
Fought me,
Tooth and spoke,
And all the while it was
“Daddy, watch me, Daddy!”
And he did.
And then I grew up.
And the refrain of
“Daddy, watch me, Daddy!”
Became: “You just watch me, Daddy!”
At all the plays, all the games,
All the disasters,
He did.
And then I grew away.
There was no more
“Daddy, watch me, Daddy!”
I was days and miles and
A cosmos away, on a good day.
I really didn’t want
My daddy watching.
But he did.
And one day
I realized that he was still watching.
And I was always his daughter.
And he loved me.
We met halfway and it was magic.
So now for several years,
I have been able to shower him
With love, with attention, with
Anything his heart desired, and
His heartburn loved.
And even then, child turned parent
To childlike father,
He was my dad.
And he watched me.
And as he lay dying,
Peaceful, but dying still,
I said, “Daddy, watch me, Daddy,”
And he smiled
And squeezed my hand.
“Daddy, watch me, Daddy!
He will.
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most moving and beautifully written poem to your Daddy.
-gene.
"I was days and miles and
A cosmos away, on a good day.
I really didn’t want
My daddy watching."
Loving parents know there may be a growing time for their children where the kids have to be away for a time to find their place in the world and the parents are there waiting for the time that the child will mature and come home. Beautiful poem.
Then the best years are ahead until our parents leave us. One day we will be the one to squeeze our child's hands and let them know we will always love them--even from beyond.
LOVE, JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
My deepest sympathy...and your excellent poem is testimony to a fine man and the great father-daughter bond you had, a true, pure love.
John