Instinctual Awareness
Eyes not even opened yet
She has grown from within
No one sought to teach her, to show her how to begin
My daughter, strong and silent, knew just where to go
Her motions planned and focused, her instinct already kicked in
She knew that mother's breast was where the milk begins
The connection, its there from the start, one that never needs a boost
the knowledge already hardwired in this little papoose
In awe I stand and witness, this connection raw and bare
I could not ever know what it is like, a connection ever rare,
As father I have been forsaken
One who learns to wait
One whose awareness has to be developed by the state
A state of fatherhood, a solidary figure
One who stands alone, outside the natural order
For the relationship has already formed between a daughter and her mother
Father sits in wait for opportunities ever rare,
He knows "I will get my fair share"
Of time and feelings in this life
One I share freely with all others
I will never know the connections of daughters and their mothers.
A father's love forever, will always lead the way
For never knowing instinctively, how a daughters heart will sway
He has faith that one day his connection will have been
something more than perfect, one to last the years
I close my eyes and imagine, my cheeks glistening with tears
Here's to daughters and their daddy's -the arms and shoulders they are, holding lil papoose's up so that they can wish upon their stars.