Everything was perfect,

Family, Fun and time with one another

within years it went burning down like the flames in California,

Changes that occurred

The hurt that appeared,

the loneliness I succomb,

Life was great, but has changed,

I am a fatherless girl.

My hopes, my dreams, my in betweens,

all was altered by a father who once seemed,

He cared, he loved, protected and hugged,

Now to see someone who've abandoned you,

disregarded you,

left you to fend for yourself.

A selfish adult and an angry child,

A girl thats fatherless, a  fatherless child.

The hurt remains,

my strength sustained,

the drive to succeed,

my hunger, my needs.

I am a fatherless girl,

I say it with pride,

I take on the world,

I no longer linger on the thoughts of being a fatherless girl.