i looked into my daughters eyes <br />love and affection i could not hide. <br />while explaining to her what life meant to me <br />the tears started to roll very freely. <br /> <br />choked up with emotion that i could not stop <br />i told her what i struggled for and what i got. <br />the two most beautiful women in my life <br />my brown eyed daughter and my wife. <br /> <br />this is what part of life means to me <br />having my child and my family. <br />although at times i may not seem to care <br />for my thoughts may be elsewhere. <br /> <br />my ears may be deaf, and my mind far away <br />but my love is here to stay. <br /> so when i hear GODS beckoning call <br />let it be said to one and all. <br />my indian spirit is with me, 'i will not fall'. <br /> <br />my body may die, but not my soul <br />for that is something that can't be put in a hole. <br />my body may die, but not my mind <br />for that will live throughout all time. <br /> <br />so my daughter, don't you despair <br />for i will always be right here. <br />and when you're feeling down and out <br />think of today and what we talked about. <br /> <br />let your thoughts run free and clear <br />and you'll feel my presence near. <br /> ' from one heart touching another.'<br /><br />louis rams<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/heart-of-man-to-my-daughter-10-15-78/
