[Elfsea] OT Thanksgiving Poem
Rixende
rixende at gmail.com
Fri Nov 26 14:19:34 PST 2010
Thank you!
Rixende
On Nov 23, 2010, at 7:50 AM, Darr Sarah <ladyadelaide at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> GIVE THANKS THIS THANKGIVING
> If you can read this entire
> poem without a tear in your eye or lump in your throat, you are a stronger
> person than I am.
> Daddy's Poem
>
>
> Her hair was up in a pony tail,
> her favorite dress tied with a
> bow.
> Today was Daddy's Day at school,
> and she couldn't wait to go.
>
> But her mommy tried to tell her,
> that she probably should stay
> home
> Why the kids might not understand,
> if she went to school alone.
>
> But she was not afraid;
> she knew just what to say.
> What to tell her classmates
> of why he wasn't there today.
> But still her mother worried,
> for her to face this day alone.
> And that was why once again,
> she tried to keep her daughter
> home.
>
> But the little girl went to school
> eager to tell them all.
> About a dad she never sees a
> dad
> who never calls.
>
>
> There were daddies along the wall in back, for everyone to meet.
> Children squirming impatiently,
> anxious in their seats
> One by one the teacher called
> a student from the class.
> To introduce their daddy,
> as seconds slowly passed.
> At last the teacher called her
> name,
> every child turned to stare.
> Each of them was searching,
> a man who wasn't there.
>
>
> "Where's her daddy at?"
> She heard a boy call out.
> "She probably doesn't have
> one,"
> another student dared to shout.
>
> And from somewhere near the back,
> she heard a daddy say,
> "Looks like another deadbeat
> dad,
> too busy to waste his day."
> The words did not offend her,
> as she smiled up at her Mom.
> And looked back at her teacher,
> who
> told her to go on..
>
> And with hands behind her
> back,
> slowly she began to speak.
> And out from the mouth of a
> child,
> came words incredibly unique.
>
> "My Daddy couldn't be here,
> because he lives so far away.
> But I know he wishes he could
> be,
> since this is such a special
> day.
>
>
> And though you cannot meet
> him,
> I wanted you to know.
> All about my daddy,
> and how much he
> loves me so.
>
>
> He loved to tell me stories
> he taught me to ride
> my bike.
> He surprised me with
> pink roses,
> and taught me to fly
> a kite.
>
>
> We used to share
> fudge sundaes,
> and ice cream in a cone.
> And though you cannot see
> him.
> I'm not standing here alone.
>
> "Cause my daddy's always with me,
> even though we are apart
> I know because he told me,
> he'll forever be in my heart"
>
> With that, her little hand reached up,
> and lay across her chest.
> Feeling her own heartbeat,
> beneath her favorite dress.
>
>
> And from somewhere there in the
> crowd
> of dads, her mother stood in tears.
> Proudly watching her daughter,
> who was wise beyond her years.
>
> For she stood up for the love
> of a man not in her life.
> Doing what was best for her,
> doing what was a right.
>
> And when she dropped her hand back
> down, staring straight into the crowd..
> She finished with a voice so
> soft,
> but its message clear and
> loud.
>
>
> "I love my daddy very much,
> he's my shining star.
> And if he could, he'd be here,
> but heaven's just too far.
>
>
> You see he is an American Soldier
> and died just this past year
> When a roadside bomb
> hit his convoy and taught Americans
> to fear.
>
> But sometimes when I close my
> eyes,
> it's like he never went away."
> And then she closed her eyes,
> and saw him there that day.
>
>
> And to her mother's amazement,
> she witnessed with surprise.
> A room full of daddies and
> children,
> all starting to close their
> eyes.
>
> Who knows what they saw before them,
> who knows what they felt inside.
> Perhaps for merely a second,
> they saw him at her side.
>
>
> "I know you're with me Daddy,"
> to the silence she called
> out.
> And what happened next made
> believers,
> of those once filled with
> doubt.
>
>
> Not one in that room could explain it,
> for each of their eyes had been
> closed.
> But there on the desk beside
> her,
> was a fragrant long-stemmed pink
> rose.
>
> And a child was blessed, if only for
> a moment, by the love of her shining star.
> And given the gift of believing,
> that heaven is never too far.
>
>
> They say it takes a minute to
> find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them,
> but then an entire life to forget them.
> Take the time...to live and
> love.
> Until eternity..
> There must be many children in
> the same boat as this little girl, thanks to our servicemen and their
> families for the sacrifice they are making to keep our country
> Free.
>
>
>
>
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