Daughter’s Poem

I am dreaming of a father

When he is near yet seems to be so far

I am dreaming of a father

          When no one is there to lend an ear

I am dreaming of a father

          When he is too busy to know me

I am dreaming of a father

          When he doesn’t mind to feel that I love him

I am dreaming of a father

          When he gives more tears than smiles

I am dreaming of a father

          When he regrets that I became his daughter

I am dreaming of a father

          When he is being more of a preacher than a father

I am dreaming of a father

          When he makes me feel that I am nobody

I am dreaming of a father

          When he uses words that give me pain

I am dreaming of a father

          As I write this poem straight from the heart

I am dreaming of a father

          When I know that until the end of my days,

This dream would just remain a dream,

          A dream that could never find a way to come true…