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NEWS AT ELEVEN
ELEVEN IS A DANGEROUS AGE.....
....FOR A DADDY
USED T'BE SHE WAS BUBBLES,
BUBBLES AND GIGGLES
AND BALLS OF SUNSHINE.
RUNNIN' INTO MY ARMS
THROWING HERSELF AT ME
LIKE A KITTEN WITH THE CRAZY HAPPIES.
KISSES AND CUDDLES WERE THE WAY WE TALKED
SHE'S BIGGER NOW...
OLDER NOW.
IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE TEENS
WHEN DADDY'S AREN'T SO COOL ANYMORE
SOON THERE'LL BE BOYS
AND THEN MEN.
SHES AWARE OF HERSELF NOW
AWARE OF HER BODY - AWARE OF HER SPIRIT.
SHE WORRIES ABOUT FRIENDS AND HAIR
AND CLOTHES AND SKIN.
SHE'S GETTING PAST THE SMOOTH OF CHILDHOOD
AND INTO THE EDGES OF YOUTH.....
THE SHARP POINTS OF TEENAGE.
SHE'S SEEING CLEARER NOW AND FURTHER
SHE HEARS THE SOUNDS OF GROWING UP
IN HER INNER EAR.
FOR A DADDY...
IT IS THE SLOW BEGINNING OF THE LONG GOODBYE.
THE PROCESS THAT ENDS, HOPEFULLY, IN GRATEFUL TEARS
ON THE EVE OF HER WEDDING DAY,
WHEN I SUDDENLY HAVE TO GIVE HER OVER
TO THE NEXT MAIN MAN IN HER HEART.
I SEE HER TALLER NOW....
I SEE HER SURER OF HERSELF AND YET NERVOUS
ND FRIGHTENED OF NEW AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
I CAN'T KEEP THEM AWAY - CAN'T WRAP HER IN A BLANKET ANYMORE,
AND WATCH HER SLEEP.
IT'S A DANGEROUS AGE FOR A DADDY
THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG GOODBYE.
SHE HAS HER OWN ENTIRE LIFE NOW....
HER OWN WORLD TO RULE
AND RULE SHE WILL.
I GOT REAL LUCKY
SHE'S THE STRONGEST PERSON I KNOW
IT'S HER WORLD NOW.
SHE'LL MAKE IT WONDERFUL.
AND SHE'LL BE WONDERFUL IN IT.
WHEREVER I AM - WHEREVER I GO,
SHE'LL BE THE SPARKLING DIAMOND
THAT LIGHTS MY LIFE AND GUIDES MY PATH.
SHE GIVES PURPOSE TO THE DARK YEARS -
SALVATION TO THE HOPELESS HOURS.
SHE IS THE PURITY IN MY UNIVERSE
THE ONE PERFECT FLAWLESS TRUTH
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
SOMEDAY MANY DAYS FROM NOW,
SHE WILL UNDERSTAND HOW,
ON THIS HER ELEVENTH BIRTHDAY
SHE HAS GIVEN ME THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL
THE WONDEROUS COMBINATION
OF MEMORIES AND ANTICIPATION.
WHO KNOWS WHERE SHE'LL GO
WHAT SHE'LL DO
AS THE RULER OF HER OWN WORLD.
I CAN'T WAIT TO FIND OUT....
CAN'T WAIT TO BE EVEN PROUDER TOMORROW
THAN I AM TODAY
BUT I DO KNOW THIS
WHEREVER SHE GOES,
WHATEVER SHE DOES
I'LL ALWAYS BE PROUD,
ALWAYS BE HER BIGGEST FAN
AND
EVEN WHEN SHE GROWS UP
TO RULE THE ENTIRE WORLD
SHE'LL ALWAYS BE NOTHING MORE TO ME,
THAN BUBBLES AND GIGGLES
AND BALLS OF SUNSHINE.
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