Tiny yet strong little hand
Curled around my finger
Not inclined to let go
Trusting compelling eyes
With an impish smile
Obliterating any opposition
Pudgy little body holding sway
Over a large grown man
My baby girl
The budding teenager
Creating havoc in my life
Forever pushing the limits
Yet unable to diminish
Deeply buried feelings
Of fatherly love and urge
To hold her close
To protect and nurture
My baby girl
A grown beautiful woman
Leaving home to forge
Her own way in life
Cutting loose binding ties
My heart never letting go
Following her successes
And inevitable sorrows
Quietly from afar
My baby girl
Giving her away in marriage
Proud, happy for her, sadly
Fondly remembering the smile
So many years ago
Suppressing slivers of sorrow
Basking instead in the light
Of her happiness
Knowing she will always be
My baby girl
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Author:
Alfred Peyer (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Can't help it! I love my daughter.
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They are always 'My baby girl' no matter what age they are. Great loving write Fred.
Thank you Goldfinch, and yes they are!
Ah - the same for my daughter - seeing her later today to bring back our grandson for a sleepover - where would we be without our family. It's those without to whom my heart stretches out. Super write from a great father.
Thanks Michael, you are so lucky to have her close by! All my kids live in California, so we have to take a 5 hour flight to see them.
Ages and stages Fred. A whole measure of life in the reflection.
Just look at what you have done!
Thanks Frank! I didn't do nothing. You know the definition of father is ten seconds of bliss and a lifetime of misery! 🙂
Ahhh, a lovely write Fred.
Thank you, orchidee! I am fond of her.
Absolutely wonderful! Very sweet write! Loved it!
Thank you Christina, for reading, commenting, and liking it!
No matter where they are, how far they go, the love of a father to daughter will always follow.
A poem full of great love from a father.
Mahalo m&m, after two boys she came along and turned my life upside down!
How well you capture the life of a loved one and the lifelong bonds of a loving father.
Thank you Seek! I do believe that these bonds will go on even after I am physically gone.
So beautiful and sweet Fred. Lovely writing. Must be hard to let go of a baby girl. I love my kids and try to keep them close. I have only two sons, no baby girl daughter but now I have that puddle of joy that is my granddaughter. Thanks for sharing this. You are a luck man to have a beautiful family. Congrats
Mahalo Malu! I always wondered if it is true that there is a special bond between mothers and sons like there is between fathers and daughters. With my wife, the two boys can do nothing wrong! 🙂
But then, I just cannot say no to my daughter.
I say there is a special bond between me and my sons. They trust me and always feel secure if I'm around. Even now for the hurricane we had to stay all at the same place.
You speak well for all of us who are privileged to be the fathers of daughters, Fred! Not always an easy relationship, but a beautiful one.
Thank you Louis! 'Not always an easy one' is the understatement of the year! But that is all past, forgotten and forgiven! I AM very lucky and grateful to have a great relationship with all three of my kids.
Well done captured what I feel as well ...
Thank you WL, she was a joy as a baby, a terror as a teen, and now all I could have ever asked for from a daughter!
Well written and expressed
Thanks so much Tony, for reading and commenting!
You described perfectly the tender journey every father makes with his little girl. Every step you take with her and those she has to make on her own. Great work.
Thank you lasergraph, for a very thoughtful and true comment.
Beautiful from your heart writing. Envious.
Thank you da, this one did come from my heart. I write a lot from imagination, but once in a while it is personal.
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