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zaaclindsay
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since 2009-08-12
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0 posted 2009-09-20 07:01 PM


You never asked to be here
you never asked to be afraid of the darkness

I sit and watch you sleep
and I remember all the fears
I have for you

I wish life would be what it says it is
I wish God would have whispered all those things...
a little louder.

Now that I've brought you into life
what do I do next
A father's pride doesn't pave the way
a father's ear dont always hear
what you mean to say

How can I measure up
to what's laid in front of me

I brought you here
tell me what is this fear

for your heart

I wish I could give all the memories
I wish I could show you the road
I'm prayin' that the Lord
saw through my foolish pride

And i'm hopin that I can be a hint
to the love that my Father loves me with
I pray every day that you'll make the right choice
when it comes to you

I hope you dont think
that daddy's just a fool
with a peasants dreams

I hope you see through
my fear of what life
makes you believe

I wish I could imprint on your heart
all the mistakes I've made so far
I wish I could protect you
when the wind grows cold
but that's not how the story
of life gets told

If only I could protect you
If only I could hold you
every moment of every day
Always be there to wipe your tears away

If only I could take it all back
All the things save for the fact
that you were born out of love
Nothing was above
my baby
my baby

I love you.

To Hannah Jane, my child and my heart.

I kept wondering why that frisbee kept getting bigger and bigger....and then it hit me.

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A Romantic Heart
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1 posted 2009-09-21 05:14 AM


So Beautiful to see a fathers love written so passionately~

~ARH

brneyedgrly
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since 2009-06-08
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nowhere and everywhere
2 posted 2009-09-21 06:41 PM



you feel for your daughter

what I feel for my son..

I loved this  

shellie



zaaclindsay
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since 2009-08-12
Posts 111
Ottawa Ontario
3 posted 2009-09-22 12:48 PM


yes i do.  she just turned 8 and an amazing kid.  i havent been able to see her much cuz i'm travelling back and forth to canada interviewing for work.  i get to see her starting thursday through sunday and i'm stoked.  

zaac

I kept wondering why that frisbee kept getting bigger and bigger....and then it hit me.

Margherita
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4 posted 2009-09-23 06:19 PM


Beautiful, I love your song of love for your daughter, so powerfully expressed.

Love,
Margherita

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5 posted 2009-09-25 01:20 AM


I bet she misses you when you are gone.  I love the love for her that you have shared with us.  It's beautiful in itself.

Alison

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