Zip! Click!
Daddy is preparing his bags.
Zip! Click!
Unexplained sadness in my heart nags.
Zip! Click!
Tomorrow, he'll be going to another country.
Zip! Click!
That means for two years, we'll be lonely.
Hick... sob...
"Hey, sweetie, what's all the pout about?"
Hick... sob...
Tears from my eyes start to come out.
Hick... sob...
"Do you really have to leave?"
Hick... sob...
"A comfortable life for the family is what I want to give."
Click! Cluck!
Daddy leads me to the window pane.
Click! Cluck!
Obediently, I walk toward him though I'm in pain.
Click! Cluck!
"I might be miles away, but here's what I can say."
Click! Cluck!
"Just look at the moon in the night and see the sun during the day."
Tic! Toc!
It's time for Daddy to board the plane.
Tic! Toc!
He might be away but his words remain.
Tic! Toc!
I'll just look at the sky to see the sun and the moon.
Tic! Toc!
My longing for him will surely be gone.
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Sun, Moon, and Daddy's Love
Short StoryDaddy works in another country. I always feel sad whenever he leaves. Before his flight, Daddy told me to just look at the sun and the moon. That way I could feel his love. But one rainy day, I did not see the sun. Then, on a cloudy night, the moon...
