Daddy

I sat in the train as it steamed away,
Watching the smoke, my mind at play,
The train sped on and covered the miles,
While I attended to childish wiles,
I heard Mummy say, "I couldn't take any more,"
She had taken my hand and walked out of the door,
Soon realisation was dawning,
I wouldn't see you in the morning,
The train was taking me further away,
With you dear daddy, I wanted to stay,
What did you think when you got home,
Were you crying, cos you were alone,
I stepped out of the train, then into a bus,
When would you ever see each of us,
By now my young heart was aching,
So much, I felt it was breaking,
Then my dear grandma, she gave me a smile,
She made me feel happy for a little while,
But my darling dear grandma, soon died,
What a cold, empty feeling inside!
Daddy I needed you, I needed you so,
Mummy was crying but you didn't know.
Then one day you called my name,
You had come to visit, I saw you again,
For just few hours you were there at my side,
Too soon you were gone and oh, how I cried,
With a kiss and a cuddle, you went away,
You were going abroad, you just couldn't stay,
I loved the letters you sent to me,
But they soon stopped coming religiously,
You wrote a few times and then no more,
Why did they stop, I don't know what for?


 

Copyright 2000 - Carole A.M. Johnson

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