To my wife's deadbeat Father

I put together the puzzle you destroyed
I tore down the walls she put up because of you
I made her realize she was worth everything in the world to someone
I love her like you could never love her
I lassoed the sun on her gloomiest of days
I believed in her when you wouldn't
I claim her when you refused
I would give her my last breath where you would suck it out of her lungs
I've caught every tear she's cried because of you
I've rebuilt what you've so effortlessly destroyed
I've shown her how a father is supposed to love their children
You have never loved her the way I love her, and you never will
But I will always be there for her