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He was gone before my sun was shinning

He thought it would be best

To avoid all the hurting and the crying

To put my heart at rest

He'll drive himself to work this day

Knowing he might not come back

He tells us "In bed you should stay"

We wake up, its our Dad we lack

He has been gone from us before

It was not so long ago

We keep watching for him at our door

When he'll come back, we dont know

Mommy says he is helping the needy

I just think I need my daddy too

I try not to be so greedy

But what else is a child to do??

Im told its only a year

12 months or 365 days

Its not exactly what I want to hear

I wish I had a Daddy that stays

I'll ask him every time we talk

"are you coming home yet?"

I know this hurt I can not block

His time away Ill regret

He is an American soldier

But he is my Daddy too

When he gets home Ill be so much older

We'll have alot of catching up to do.

By: Saddie