Three Little Words
“I’m your daddy,”
Whispered as I was placed in your arms.
“I’ve got you,”
You’d call when I was scared.
“A hug goodbye,”
That before you left for work.
“Your mom’s clumsy,”
The reason for her bruises you said.
“Get back here!”
Yelled through the car window when we left.
“Maybe next weekend,”
Heard those days I was to see you.
“I’ll be there,”
Your promise for my ninth birthday.
“That was today?”
Was said when you didn't come.
“I’m moving away,”
That came six months later.
“I was busy,”
The reason you kept missing my calls.
“You’re not mine!”
The last thing you ever said.
“I love you,”
The one thing I wish I’d heard.
written for therealljidol 8.2 "Three Little Words"
Whispered as I was placed in your arms.
“I’ve got you,”
You’d call when I was scared.
“A hug goodbye,”
That before you left for work.
“Your mom’s clumsy,”
The reason for her bruises you said.
“Get back here!”
Yelled through the car window when we left.
“Maybe next weekend,”
Heard those days I was to see you.
“I’ll be there,”
Your promise for my ninth birthday.
“That was today?”
Was said when you didn't come.
“I’m moving away,”
That came six months later.
“I was busy,”
The reason you kept missing my calls.
“You’re not mine!”
The last thing you ever said.
“I love you,”
The one thing I wish I’d heard.
written for therealljidol 8.2 "Three Little Words"