4/25...

T'was April twenty five/day upon this earth my daughter's birth arrived/one look was all it took to have me hypnotized/wrapped around your finger like a bow around your present tied/magnificently mesmerized/I was 22 years old in a way still a child myself, at least in my mother's eyes/long before my own father died/helps to recognize the reason as I've/always wondered why/did I deserve this precious gift of life/after failing so miserably at mine/but nevermind/enough of that, it's party time!/as the candles on each cup of cake we light/turn off the artificial white/to see by the wax wick lit flame the sugar shimmer in the burning shine/make a wish then blow em all out before taking a bite/helps to remember the days always melting away like a glacier's ice/something I can say if nothing else I've done right/or done right by/unplanned and unexpected and yet the most wonderful surprise/along with treasures and trinkets I present you with this gift of advice/the right direction I do my best to help guide/plenty time to spread those wings and fly/so hold up, don't rush just to grow up, it's all about the journey, the walk, the ride/happiness and love it surely shall provide/makes it worth the hurt and tears never alone but together we'll cry/as its not a question but profession that I/will always be by your side/if ever things go awry/through each low, each high/you're my supernova sun in the sky/each day you make that much more bright/even when behind those clouds you hide/I'll help to find around the floating mass of gray that silver line/remember to no limits are you confined/whatever you desire that's righteous in sight shall not be denied/long as you possess the passion to fight/young in more than heart still an old soul beyond your years so mature and wise/you are my joy, you are my pride/help to keep me humble keep me focused so harder I try/always will, with all my might/flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood til my veins run dry/no need to worry, for on me you can always rely/see your name says it all as Cadence, you are the rhythm to my reason and rhyme...