When You Came Back Home
I was the middle child of your family
Your little boy
Your only pride and joy
But when you came back home
You left me standing there alone
Not knowing what the problem was with me
I was only five years old
As I watched you give my sisters attention
While for me you showed no affection
For me there was no daddy's smile
And when I wanted you just for a little while
You kept telling me not to be bold
I grew to my teens and became a man
And I know I wasn't always the best
To you or my siblings or the rest
I know I was always this constant pain
Even failed my children again and again
But I wasn't born bad and I'm doing the best I can
In the end I did become your pride and joy
As you reached the ending of your days
And I knew then you'd loved me always
You couldn't say the words and you tried to explain
I know it was just the way it was back then
But now I've stopped crying, "Why, daddy, why?"
(c) Eddie Larkin 2012. All Rights Reserved.