Daddy

by Perla Semaan

Oh how I wish
It was all a lie,
When they told me
What hurt my eye.

They said you left,
They said you’re gone;
And I felt a heft
On my shoulders thrown.

Why did you leave me?

Did you have to go?

I just wish you can see me

Everyday as I grow.

Oh how I wish

It was all a lie.

But it’s true daddy…

And it hurts to say

goodbye

.