Once Upon A Father

Once upon a time,
Long, long ago,
There once was a little girl
With a life full of sorrow.
She had a little wish;
This wish was very small,
but it wasn't for money.
Oh no! Not at all!
She wanted a Daddy
In whom to be proud;
To stand up
And say aloud:
"This is my Daddy,
Yes! Right here!
You'll find none better,
Not far or near."

She got her wish
One long ago day;
She got herself a Daddy
For her life along the way;
He was sweet and loving,
To her it did seem;
But her eyes were blinded
By this long-awaited dream.
So the days went on
And the little girl grew older;
And when she would cry,
Her Daddy would hold her.
Then one day,
A day like any other,
Her Daddy did something bad,
Something that hurt her Mother.

He hurt her bad,
the story goes to say;
He hurt her
In a "gone" sort of way.
So now this girl
Is left alone in the dust;
Her little heart left to cry
Until the day it will rust;
She has no Mother to love,
He's gone away now;
She has no Daddy,
No Daddy to be proud of.

So now the story's ended
With a sad little girl.
Another wish not granted,
Yet another dream left to whirl.
So she looks down at the ground
And lets out a little sigh.
She shakes her little head,
And then she begins to cry.
When she dries up her tears,
She opens her mouth to say:
"I with I had a Daddy
To play with me all day.
I wish I had a Daddy
In whom to be proud;
To stand up
And say aloud:
'This is my Daddy.
Yes! Right here!
You'll find none better,
Not far or near.'"

But she closed her mouth
And shook her little head.
When she opened it again,
She said this instead:
"All my life,
I have made this wish.
I've held it in my hands,
This little dream dish.
But now, I wonder,
Why do I even bother?
Because now it's just
Once Upon A Father."

~The Fallen~