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WHY OH WHY DID I LIE AND STAY

MY DAUGHTER CRIED THE OTHER DAY:
SHE SAID TO ME DAD WHY DID I LIE TO MY FAMILY AND WITH HIM STAY:
SHE IS THE VICTIM OF A FAILED RELATIONSHIP, SHE MARRIED THE WRONG GUY:
SHE SAID DAD WHY DID I STAY WITH HIM AND TO EVERYONE LIE:

I KNOW WHY:
MY DAUGHTER WAS SO SWEET AND WOULD NOT GIVE UP ON HIM UNTIL THE DAY SHE WILL DIE:
SHE REALLY TOOK HER OATH OF MARRIAGE TO HEART:
TO LOVE FOREVER AND EVER IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD ,UNTIL DEATH DO US PART:

BECAUSE SHE WAS SO SWEET:
ANY AND ALL CHALLENGES SHE WOULD RISE UP TO MEET:
SHE WOULD NOT LET ANYTHING BRING HER DEFEAT:
THIS MAN HURT HER AND VICIOUSLY BEAT:

HER HEART WAS GOLD SOLID AND PURE:
ALL THE PAIN AND HARDSHIP SHE WOULDNT GIVE UP AND THE BEATINGS AND ABUSE SHE WOULD ENDURE:
PEOPLE ASK HER NOW WHY OH WHY DID YOU STAY;
WHY OH WHY DID YOU LET HIM DISRESPECT YOU HURT YOU AND TREAT YOU SO BAD THIS WAY:

AS HER FATHER I KNOW WHY FOR SURE:
BECAUSE HER HEART IS TWENTY FOUR CARAT GOLD PURE:
I KNEW HER MARRIAGE VOWS SHE TOOK TO HEART:
I KNEW SHE WOULD NEVER GIVE UP AND NEVER PART:

FROM US SHE HID THE TERRIBLE ABUSE,AND MALTREATMENT- FOR OVER A YEAR:
I KNOW SHE CRIED A FLOOD OF LONELY TEAR:
FINALLY SHE WAS ABLE TO BREAK AWAY:
NOW SHE IS RECOVERING, RECUPORATING CLAIMING BACK HER LIFE, AND ON THE REBOUND TODAY:

STILL NOW HER SLEEP IS DISTURBED BY NIGHTMARES OF HER PAST:
THE DEEP SCARS AND PAINFUL MEMORIES CONTINUE TO TORTURE AND  HAUGHT HER AND LAST:
SHE CALLED ME TODAY CRYING AND SAID WHY OH WHY DAD WITH HIM DID I STAY:
I TOLD HER TRUST IN GOD AND TURN TO HIM FOR HEALING WHEN YOU PRAY:

I TOLD HER I FEEL SORRY FOR THIS GUY FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE:
I PRAY FOR HIM AND HOPE THAT GOD HIS HEART WILL BE WON:
I TOLD HER I HOPE WE NEVER AGAIN WILL MEET AGAIN:
I JUST LET IT GOD AND PRAY GOD WILL BE HIS FRIEND:

WHAT HAPPENED TO MY DAUGHTER WAS SO SO WRONG:
THIS STORY FOR HER JUST DOESNT BELONG:
WHEN YOU ARE A PARENT AND RAISE YOUR CHILDREN YOU JUST WANT FOR THEM THE VERY BEST:
NOTHING LESS:

I AM SO SAD THIS ABUSE SHE HAD TO ENDURE:
IM JUST HAPPY ITS OVER AND DONE FOR SURE;
I FELT SO DEVASTATED BECAUSE I REALLY DIDNT EVEN KNOW:
THATS WHAT BRINGS ME LOW;

IT HAPPENED RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYE;
THIS GUY WAS SO GOOD IN HIS EVERY DISQUISE AND LIE:
BUT I AM PROUD OF MY GIRL SHE BROKE AWAY ON HER OWN:'
GREAT COURAGE AND GRIT SHE HAS SHOWN:

A TRUE LOVING HEART:
YOU TRUST RIGHT FROM THE START:
HONEST,SINCERE CHARMING, COMPASSIONATE,LOVING CARING AND NICE:
THAT IS MY LOVING DAUGHTER--SHE WILL NEVER BE HURT AGAIN IT WONT HAPPEN TWICE:

WHY OH WHY DID I LIE AND STAY:
THE LORD WILL SHOW YOU THE ANSWER WHEN YOU PRAY:


A REAL MAN WILL NEVER FOR ANY REASON RAISE HIS HAND TO A WOMAN TO HIT:
SIMPLY SAID---IF HE DOES THE GIRL HAS TO LEAVE SHE BETTER GET......


14--AUGUST--2010:
JOHN D. JUNGERS


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