“Daddy”

“Daddy, I need a Band-aid,

For I have skinned my knee.”

“Daddy, will it hurt real bad?”

“If it will you can just kiss it better.”

“Daddy, here’s the book I want,

For my bedtime story tonight.”

“And here’s a hug, and a butterfly kiss,

Daddy I love you.”

“Daddy, growing up is so hard,

My girl friends are mean to me.

“And daddy that boy I think is so cute,

Won’t even look at me.”

“Daddy please fasten my necklace”, she says,

She is all grown up, a woman not a girl,

But all those standing nearby,

Turn at her simple request,

Because “Daddy” holds such little girl essence,

On this her wedding day.