Dear Father
Dear Father,
Thank you for being my father
Because fathers should provide
They should hold your hand and want to dance
And be present in your life
You see, my father exists,
But is only a father and not a friend
"Because I love you," I pay for you to live
I pay for your food, for your car, and I pay for every bill
My father doesn't know me,
But I see him every day
He goes to work, I go to school,
And we come home with nothing to say
He does not know what makes me happy
He does not know what makes me laugh, you see,
He only talks about what he likes,
And never seems to do anything right
"I'm too tired to do anything," is what he will say
"I work and that is enough for me in one day”
I needed a friend to be in my life,
My father was my father, and that I cannot deny
But he never held my hand
And never taught me how to dance
It's all "because I love you," he said
But instead of a father, I prefer a dad
Love, your daughter