Dear Daddy

Dear Daddy,

I am sorry,

I broke your heart.

Daddy, I am sorry I let you down.

I thought I couldn't be apart from him,

With the way he held my hand.

He told me we would always be together and that, 

You just couldn't stand.

I thought that he was the one that we would be married someday.

But Daddy, you knew that all he wanted was just someone to play.

He told me he would be my Daddy and that I didn't need you.

Though, I hate to admit it, I wished that it was truth.

I am sorry that I didn't tell you,

When he grabbed my hand.

The gentle touch of a loving boy no longer,

The death grip of a jealous man.

He hurt me more than I told you Daddy.

He tried when I was asleep

To take away my innocence, that I would no longer keep.

I was only 15 Daddy, when I said that I hated you.

But it was all a cry for help

From this life you brought me into.

I am sorry that I didn't leave him

until two years down the road.

My 16 year old self was afraid of being alone.

But now I have a real man with whom I wish to spend my life.

He has promised be Daddy that someday

he would make me be his wife.

I am 18 now Daddy and I am ready to let go

of all the brokeness I faced and God is here to show

that I am a warrior, of strong Christian faith.

Not a girl, but a woman of God that no one can impair.

The scars I left upon my arm will surely dissapear.

It's time for me to let go now Daddy

But I will see you soon.

And if you ever get lonely without me

Just look at the moon.