Three year old blue eyes
Tears welling up from deep inside
Pudgy little fingers holding onto dollies
Brown Curls in a headband
Watching a sight soon to become all too common
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Daddy if I let you use my toys will you come and play?
Daddy if I invite you to my tea party will you stay?
I promise I'll share, I promise you can choose our games.
Daddy please just stay, I don't understand
I can't watch your back again
Seeing you fade so far away
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Eight year old blue eyes
Fighting back tears from deep inside
Clutching a baseball bat
Brown hair in a ponytail
Hurting because of something she thinks
She should be use to by now
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Daddy won't you please play ball with me?
I started just for you, I'd much rather be playing with my new dollhouse
But I'll play anything if it's with you
I'm sorry I wasn't a little boy Daddy, but I can try, watch I can even hit the ball
Please Daddy please just stay for a little while
I can't watch your back growing smaller and smaller
As you walk away
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Sixteen year old blue eyes
Angry tears coursing up from deep inside
Holding on to a shattered life
Brown hair in disarray around shoulders
Dying from betrayal and realizations clenching her heart
Daddy won't you please stay with me tonight
Hold me close like I'm little again
Please tell me everything's going to be alright
We've lost so much time Daddy, so please just love me like I love you
These tears are hot in my eyes, my chest tight with more soon to come
So please Daddy stop, please just stay awhile
I can't watch your back again
Seeing you fade so far away
Please Daddy please
Just stay awhile…