Sunday, November 13, 2011

Fathers and daughters

"They say
    that from the instant he lays eyes on her,
a father adores his daughter.
        Whoever she grows up to be,
          she is always to him that little girl
in pigtails.
    She makes him feel like Christmas.
       In exchange,
  he makes a secret promise
           not to see the awkwardness
                  of her teenage years,
          the mistakes she makes or
the secrets she keeps."

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