daddys little girl.

[word_eyes]

Daddy's little girl had so much fun with her imaginary friends,

 

but everytime she got a new toy, she'd stop playing with one of them,

 

until she had so many toys, she just lost track of time,

 

she had so much to do now, they never crossed her mind,

 

 

so they vanished into her closet.

 

 

Daddy's little girl is so beautiful now, she's growing up, she's going out,

 

she's got so many new outfits, she threw her old toys out of the house,

 

all of her pretty dolls and the ditry brown bear with the missing eye;

 

the brown bear that her daddy gave her, when her mother died

 

she's got so many "real" friends now, she threw the imaginary ones away,

 

she has no faith in things you can not see, and she could use the closet space.

 

 

Daddy's little girl got a great paying job, a son, and a new husband,

 

she hasn't seen daddy in a while, because she was too busy for him,

 

she didn't write, she didn't call, she didn't know he passed away,

 

she couldn't make it to the funeral because she had to work that day.

 

A few years down the line she realized how unhappy she was,

 

thinking about the things she'd kept, compared to what she'd given up,

 

crying to herself, because her "friends" weren't there to listen,

 

when she moved away, she stopped contacting them

 

not even to say hello, or to tell them she was doing okay,

 

not a damn thing in the world, to fill the closet space.

[NightFae]

I really appreciated this one. It really does show how people throw things away before they realize what they mean to them. I guess that's why you could call me a pack-rat. I don't think I've ever thrown anything from my childhood away. I still have a teddy bear my dad gave me when I was sick, even though it's torn up all to hell.

 

I also appreciated this because I always was "daddy's little girl." I always will be, no matter how big I am or how angry I am at my father. I always think of him as "daddy."

 

Err...Anyway.

I did like this one.

Some of the lines seemed a little longer and slightly awkward to read, but overall, it was quite good.