As I held her close near me,

Her eyes closed, unable to see.

Face scarlet and divine,

Hands tiny, around her a little shine.

My little baby looked helpless and meek,

Her health was stable but she was still weak.

She needed me as a knight in armor,

She needed to be held tight, to make her warmer.

I promised to myself to separate her from every tangle,

I promised to her, that she’d be Daddy’s Angel.

When I held her delicate being to my soul,

I knew I would fill in her life’s every empty hole.

The first time she took a step,

A little happiness inside me crept.

Her first sound, word of joy,

Playing with me, her favorite toy.

Her moment of a toothless smile,

Kept me grinning for more than a while.

I promised to myself to separate her from every tangle,

I promised to her, that she’d be Daddy’s Angel.

As she shed a tear,

Staying away from home was her fear,

I let her slip away from my arms,

But I was assured she’d be kept from all harms.

Her first step towards an erudite existence,

By going weak, I didn’t want to pay the penance,

I promised myself I would separate her from every tangle,

I promised to her, that she’d be Daddy’s Angel

I hoped to give her the best of all,

Catch her at every wrong move, never let her fall.

I knew she would live up to all I had in mind,

In her, all my happiness I would find.

The day she set her foot in Primary school,

I knew she wouldn’t be in the pool of fools.

I promised myself I would separate her from every tangle,

I promised to her, that she’d be Daddy’s Angel

Only when she was a young girl,

With her charming smile and graceful twirls .

She was cruel enough to break my dreams.

Another man of her dreams, she had found, it seemed.

Got too lost, lost her achievements,

Skirts grew shorter, longer the beauty treatments.

Got another angel within her at the age of sixteen,

Yes, shattered my hopes and y dreams.

Even I couldn’t get her out of this tangle,

So much for Daddy’s Angel.

Now as on bed I lay and go weak,

Tears on my pillow from my eyes leak.

No matter how bad I’ve fallen,

No matter how my eyes are damp and swollen.

I just pause and remember the early years,

The words echo in my ears..

I promised myself I would separate her from every tangle,

I promised to her, that she’d FOREVER be Daddy’s Angel.