I Never Wanted To Say Goodbye

a poem for my daughter

I never wanted to say goodbye, but I did.
So with tears in my eyes, I never wanted to give you up.
But I did it out of love. I never wanted you to go.
The only things here to remind me of you, are some pictures,
one of your shoes and some memories of the time I spent with you.
Even now as we get older, I think about the time that has past.
Since I seen you last, I look at one of the pictures from the past.
I cried because I loved you and I never wanted to have to say goodbye.