Tuesday, February 9, 2016

My father is not my father

 My father is not my father
You used to hug me like I was your last breath.
You used to give me everything like I was your queen.
You would keep me close like I was your biggest secret.
You would tell me how much you love me yet, you leave me while I sleep.
When I am most vulnerable and I don't even know it.
I had no idea that you were hiding another person behind your mask.
I had no idea that you would choose a life in hell over a life with your daughter.
I'm sorry l didn't give you that feeling that meth could.
While I cry you just stood.
You were not my father, You are just a sperm donor.
You did things that I will carry with me for my whole life.
You were not there for me
You were a snake, a ghost to me.
I didn't even know who you were
you were a different person and you scared me.
Late night car rides, 1, 2 in the morning.
Police behind us I can hear your heart beating like fists of people in war
Behind bars, restrictions, handcuffs,
You would rather be with crystals for your death
Now I can't see you
I will never see my father again
You didn't think and you left me forever 
You knew what the consequences were and you didn't care. Now i'm in high school and I don't have time to sit around and Cry

I miss you, I really do but you didn't care and now I get to not care for once.
I used to be the parent
worrying about where you were, when you would come back,
and now I get to be a teenager.

4 comments:

  1. I like how you got in touch with your feelings, and you really inspired me to spend as much time with my dad and loved ones as possible because you never know when they could leave.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Wow! This is really really powerful. I'm glad that you could write from you heart.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Your poem is very emotional and has a lot of description how you felt. I know how you feel because I never had a father and you may sometimes have a I don't really care moment and sometimes I feel the same.

    ReplyDelete
  4. This poem is very powerful ! It asks a lot of courage to write it. You put emotions in your poem and that makes me keep reading.

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.