As I walk down the aisle <br />I start to think for a while <br />Holding my Daddy so tight <br />Hoping what I'm doing is right <br /> <br />Seeing tears run down his eyes <br />As if for good I'm saying good-bye <br />I want to tell him it'll be okay <br />I feel he's not ready to give me away <br /> <br />I think of all the good times we have had <br />In weekend's mornings' meadow's ride <br />For twenty-three years, I was Dad's lil' girl <br />Having these flashbacks of when I was eight <br /> <br />Wiping the tears falling from his eyes <br />A father-daughter ceremonial walk rites <br />His weary, cold kiss planted on my face <br />Reflection of a father lost in a maze <br /> <br />Giving me away was the hardest part <br />Daddy, you will always remain in my heart <br />It's not for good, this is not goodbye <br />Just on my way to learn life by and by <br /> <br /> Many years have already passed <br />You are now with angels in heaven above <br />Looking at the picture in my hand... <br />It was you, Dad, who waved me goodbye<br /><br />Cynthia Aluning<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-picture-in-my-hand/
