DADDY

A little boy of five years old
Stands crying on Christmas Day
Watching Daddy pack and leave
He cries for him to stay
Right then and there that little boy
Was forced to become a man
“I will never be this way” he said
The power is in my hands.
He cried for only moments
“Will Daddy come for me”
“I’m sorry, Daddy won’t son,
He has a new family.”
The baby spent his whole life waiting
For a man that never came.
The rejection he felt from Daddy
Was his own private shame.

The boy has now become a man
And is walking out the door
The picture is familiar
We’ve seen this all before.
Only now it is HIS son that cries
And begs for Dad to stay.
He will try to come and see you
On another day.
The days get so much longer
Waiting for Daddy to come.
“Daddy won’t be coming today,
He’s found another home.”
Both Daddies moved on,
Neither ever came.
The private Shame within their soul
Remains perfectly unchanged.

Broken hearted they both cry
25 years apart.
But everything’s exactly the same
In these babies broken hearts.