Submitted by : repenter86 on Think

There I lay enveloped with care,
In your arms a child, you were my air.
We are so alike yet we hate to admit,
When you stand up, it's then, I sit.
We try so hard not to show our tears,
Our pain gets trapped with all the years.
You've hurt me and I've hurt you,
But through our hurt our love shines through,
When I was alone in a world far from home,
You knew what was up, you heard my voice on the phone.
How could I tell you that I was in harm and so ill,
How with worry and pain, my fathers heart could I fill.
How could I tell you that I cried every night,
All I kept saying was, ''I am alright.''
But you knew, you knew me inside and out,
I couldnt fake a smile, you'd figure it out.
The day you came and took me home,
was the last day I would stay all alone.
You brought me back to my world and my sight,
I looked in your eyes, and told you, ''I am alright.''
And here I am and here I'll stay,
Within your care, and I pray..
I pray we can talk and I pray you can know,
just how much I love you so,
I pray you can see,
That both you and me,
Have one heart,
Share one art,
We both know,
That to grow,
One needs a hand,
One to understand,
To forgive the past,
So that at last,
We can move on,
from this story so long,
I know you love me,
You know I love you,
I know you believe me,
When I say thank you.
All people think you're a hard Arab man,
but whatever you are, for us you do the best you can.
You are strict when it comes to truth and to blood
You sheltered my soul as much as you could,
You were my castle, when I was under attack,
When the ''people'' and ''dogs'' stabbed me in the back.
I dropped the pieces, and you picked them up as a fighter,
No back chat or pride prevented our future being brighter.
You ignored the sly comments and rumors from ''friends'',
you knew that blood was thicker than water,
As angry as you were it wasn't the end,
You were still my father, and I was your daughter.