To An Absent Father

If i were a picture
then you couldn't be the wall
cause you weren't there
to catch my cruel fall.

If i were a table
you wouldn't be the chair
cause never in my life
have you ever been near.

And if i were a door
you wouldn't be the knob
you would be anything else
that made me sob

And if i were happy
you wouldn't care
cause my happiness wouldn't be
if you were near.

So in my presence
of sadness and all
[I say] "Go with God"
and never call...