Hero

Mama says he's gone for good,

but heroes cannot die.

I never heard him say goodbye--

No, Daddy isn't gone at all, just

absent for a time.

Only searching in the dark

for a light he cannot see.

While he fights a hero's war,

he's looking 'round for me.

The monsters in my closet

have been distant since his leave.

There hasn't been much either

of the ghosts who haunt my dreams.

The boogyman's been quiet,

and the nightmares faded too.

I know my Daddy's watching me,

since that's what heroes do.

In my heart and memory,

on a mission somewhere far.

Daddy isn't gone, he's just

where the heroes are.