I Have You

I don't know him at all

He doesn't write or visit

He never even calls

"Maybe he will want to see me?"

I wish on a star every night

We can talk and laugh and sing

Maybe daddy will hold me tight?

I wonder if that star is broken

Since my wish still hasn't come true

Not even on my birthday

What else can I do?

What if I take a bath?

Then I'll pick up all my toys

Maybe if I promise to be good and not make too much noise?

Will he come home then?

Will we be a family?

Maybe he will tuck me in a night?

He could even read me a story

I can't figure it out

It goes over in my head

"Why doesn't my father come to see me?"

Is it because I made a fuss before I went to bed?

Mommy says it's not my fault

She tells me not to worry

She says that daddy not coming to see us

Has nothing to do with her and me

Mommy says she loves me

Enough for a hundred fathers or more

So I shouldnt cry, hurt or feel alone,

It is daddy who gave up love when he walked out the door.

I don't know if she is right

Or if what she says is true

But before I fall asleep at night I always say,"Thank goodness Mommy, I have you."