19 April 08 - 01:13Says a Fatherless Child to Her Father

plummeted

into this place

without choice—

a muted voice

with eyes just like

my father

~ 

my little love

was just not enough

for you to fight

every other battle was

the most important one

~

dangled between x lovers

if’s and y’s

color lines—

a shade

unlike mine

~ 

set on a dusty shelf

erased from your memory

where I no longer exist

dismissed—

like the many women

you laid up with

back when 8 track tapes

jammed “…neither one of us

      wants to be the first to say

                              goodbye”

~ 

not a whisper in my ear—

no voice

telling me, I have a choice

not to settle

for a no-good, dead-beat cheat

too lazy to lift his feet

get a job—be a man

not raise his hand

to a woman

~

i traveled through life

             alongside hallow trees

and shallow graves

searching to find my way

lugging a case

of inherited traits

stubbornness and pride

waiting to see

who will set aside one

for the greater good of two

waiting for the day

to finally hear you say

my daughter, i

love you

one comment

I must say that this poem is outstanding. I am so wanting my daughter to read this to help her grow as a woman and let her know that this poem describes some of the characteristics of her dear father. I want to help heal my daughter from the chronic sadness and confusion that I have put on her by staying in that bad relationship too long. I believe your poem will help her. Thank you for this one.
minyon walls () - 20 10 08 - 14:50

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