A Father - Virginia Astley

You’ve run away

And never, no, never

Shall I see you again

But will haunt you forever

In your sleep

In your dreams

We’ll always be there

You’ll be far away

But we’ll always care

Should you return

Which you won’t, so there’s no use

In saying these words

Should you think of it, please know this:

That a father isn’t blood

That a father is love

And if you’ve no love in you

There’s no place here for you

To run to when you’re lonely

And scared and alone

There’s no place her for someone

Who has no heart in him

Rlationships

Are not born, they are formed

Through days that are bad

In all of the storms

The smiles and the laughter

The love through the years

Rows and the fights

Then all of the tears

But an unknown man, a lying trickster

Has no place in my heart

No place in hers too

For a father isn’t blood

For a father is love

And if you’ve no love in you

There’s no place here for you

You’ve run away

And never, no, never

Shall I see you again

But will haunt you forever

In your sleep, in your dreams

We’ll always be there

You’ll be far away

But we’ll always care

Far, far away

No guilt will you feel

I love you still

I set this seal