Apple Of Her Daddy's Eye

She was the apple of her daddy's eye
She was his favourite from the start
She had the brains, beauty and confidence
Until one day she lost her heart

She met a boy who was bad news
And fell in with his troublesome crowd
No longer cared what her daddy thought
No longer cared if he was proud

She started to swear, do drugs and drink
Her life went completely off of the rails
But then one day she went too far
I'll spare you the sordid details

She got herself pregnant at only eighteen
And she felt she had nowhere to turn
She kept it secret and never let on
And ignored all her daddy's concern

At times she really wanted to tell
But she didn't want her daddy to know
But she needed to do something quick
Before her baby started to show

So many nights she spent wide awake
Problems running through her mind
Uncertain on what the future would bring
She wished that time could rewind

Back then she had so much potential
Her daddy said she could do anything
But now she had thrown it all away
For one little meaningless fling

The days went by, she shut everyone out
As she dwelt on her thoughts and fears
She had no idea of what she should do
And the thought would reduce her to tears

If she kept this baby, that was it
Her life would never be the same again
And how would she tell her daddy
How was she supposed to explain?

But she couldn't just get rid of it
That's something she could just never do
She felt she was stuck in a dead end
What had she gotten herself into?

If only she could tell her daddy
He'd know how to make it better
But she couldn't tell him face to face
So she wrote it in a letter

"Daddy I'm sorry, I've failed as a daughter
And I don't want to live life anymore
I did something stupid and really unwise
Something I can't forget and ignore"

"I got pregnant daddy, I really regret
Not listening to you when you said
That I would ruin my life when I got with him
You were right; I was soft in the head"

"So daddy I'm sorry, I love you much
But I can't keep living this lie
Please put on my gravestone this one last thing
'The apple of her daddy's eye'" ©

*Gem*

(This is one of my longest ones i think and it took so long to do cos it's not a subject I'm comfortable writing about, but i felt i had to do it... if that makes sense.. =/ Thanks for reading x)