Dear Daddy

There's a vacancy in my heart
Where your love should have been
the bedtime stories
forehead kisses
first date
and the broken heart made whole by your hand
but instead there's bittersweet
pseudo memories
and what ifs

And although you love from afar
it still feels like
square peg in round hole
a cavern of doubts and fears
separated by time, space and relationship

In all this I know God has His hand on me
on us
guiding us through this quandary of emotions
hoping just for once we wouldn't
ignore
the elephant in the room
the unanswered questions
the longing in our souls
for the wrongs the be made right
desiring forgiveness to take root
in both our hearts
praying for the moment you look into my eyes and call me daughter
and there's a peace in my heart
because I know what we have is real
genuine
authentic
and shaped in reality