Absence Of A Father

Dedicated to the all the little girls in the world……..

My heart yearns for my father’s embrace, or to hear that’s daddy’s little girl. Or his words of encouragement telling me, baby girl you can do it, or baby you deserve so much better. I too had the fairy tale dreams of the white picket fence and my mother and father together, but it was shattered. I often would sit in the hall or look out the window just thinking he would re-appear and say baby girl daddy loves you and I miss you. Well, that day never came, and it left me with a huge void and a very cold heart towards men for a long time. It wounded me, damaged me, and almost took over me. Then I looked over and saw this strong woman next to me…..and she was my mom. She instilled in me great things, and always insured me of my worth. So I took my circumstances and made them my stepping stones never to use them as excuses but lessons learned. I learned that I won’t settle for anything, and to only accept the best. It left me independent, a hard worker, and a great mother. So this poem is for all the little girls lost, the ones who feel a void, or feel they did something wrong, the ones who replace lust with love, the ones who was told you made your daddy leave, the ones who were told he ain’t yo daddy anyway, or you ain’t shit just like your daddy, or you aren’t going to amount to anything, the ones who were abused and taken advantage of, and the ones who heart aches and yearns for a father. I tell you that you too shall become a strong woman, a woman of courage, independent woman, a great mother, a wonderful entrepreneur, and when they look at you they will see nothing but a Phenomenal Woman….a woman of Great Substance and Value…..and then this is when you will realize that it took all of those things to make who you are, and even though your heart craves for that absent father. You can find Peace and then you can tell the world “Circumstances may delay you but they cannot deny you.” So go out and shine my little girls…….in spite of the absence of a Father.

Written By: Rikethia L. Clyburn aka ThaLyricalDiva
10th, February 2010