By the phone she waits
Alone for the call
First date from a classmate
Today’s first kiss in the hall
.
As I her father knows
Her first heartache
Soon will come and go
Her first heartache
Will no longer be missed
So many tears, so many to kiss
.
Eyes full of hope
Jittering and shushing me
She waits for all eternity
A precursor to learning
All in the name of a kiss
So late she sees me wait
She wonders what she did
.
That emotional death walk
She locks on toward me
A walk that seems so long
I hold her in daddy’s love locks
To see her first love tear drops
And I fear as I hold her near
So many more boys will call
When daddy’s no longer here
To catch all her other tears
From kisses in the hall
