Terrestrial Fathers and forgotten Daughters?

The love of a father
tough and strong...
yet is it soft enough?
Is it sensitive enough
to hold you close?
Is it sensible enough
to be silent when he wants to scream?
Is it tangible enough
that you wont' want to seek
love from someone else?
Is it hard at times that it
makes you want to cry
but deep down inside
you know a hug and
reassurance is waiting on the other side?
Is it a pink balloon,
and dresses bought with pride?
Is it cotton candy and "only the best
for my little girl?"
Are these the things of
long forgotten "daddy dreams"?

For me,
a fathers love was just a hole
a void,
and things did change, (Enter Savior/Beautiful Father/Forever Friend)
but sometimes in the quiet, there
might always be, inside of me,
a little girl,
alone
standing in the rain,
wondering
...