Any Man

One day she'll tell you how heart's been broken
She'll tell you how hard she loved and how it meant nothing
She'll say she gave her all because that's what she thought "love" is
You'll be at a loss for words

One day you'll see her tears
As the salt water cleanses her eyes
Your heart will break more than you ever thought possible
You'll have no comfort

One day, when she is at her most vulnerable
When she is more sad than you've ever seen her
When she is a broken woman
When she is an empty shell of the warm angel you once knew
When she feels like she is inferior,
Lost,
Damaged,
Unwanted,
Unappreciated,
Worthless,
Lonely,
Stupid,
Gullible,
Angry,
Depressed,
Alone,
Confused
and...still longing for the arms of the source of all her hurt
You will be able to offer no solace

In your heart, you will want to tell her
But words will escape you...
Only feelings, many feelings...and memories, many memories
Memories of a woman who was just as amazing as the one who sits before you
Memories of a smiling woman who was full of love, happiness, and devotion
Who you left broken, sad, hurt
Lost,
Damaged,
Unwanted,
Unappreciated,
Worthless,
Lonely,
Stupid,
Gullible,
Angry,
Depressed,
Alone,
Confused,
and...still longing for the arms of the source of all her hurt

One day you will have no words for your tearful daughter
Because you will have used them to charm all the women you cared nothing about
You'll not be able to tell her she's special...
It will sound like what you told Cast-off #1
You'll not be able to say she'll find someone perfect for her...
That's what you told Cast-off #2
You know she's looking for someone like her father
And that scares you

You'll be unable to say she will love again
That's how you ended it with Cast-off #3
The only love you've truly known, is the love you have for her
Not even Cast-off #4 compares to the love you feel for your daughter
You know your child and you know she loves...hard
You know she loves...madly
And you know she love him deeply with everything she had...
Much like Cast-off #5 loved you

You now have nothing to give your daughter
What you gave her mother, you feel she's too good to receive...
Lies,
Empty promises,
Pain

No, she's worth more to you
She is everything to you
She is your pride and joy
At that moment, you can't believe any man could hurt her that way
You can't comprehend how someone she'd let her guard down to love could cause such hurt

How could ANY man call himself a man and break YOUR daughter's heart?
How could ANY man call himself a man and break YOUR daughter's heart?
How could ANY man break ANY daughter's heart?
Any daughter...Like Cast-offs #1-11?
Yes they were daughters
...and you were ANY man calling yourself a man
And now you have no words to comfort your daughter,
Because you've freely given all your words to any other man's daughter

But now you're watching your daughter weep over any man
You're seeing every man's daughter weep over any man
You remember all the tears you caused
It's finally real to you, and after all these years your finally understand

You offer her the arms that hugged her as a child
The heart that loved her all her life breaks knowing
You were supposed to protect her, as a man you were supposed to protect her
You were supposed to protect all of them