Dear Dad
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Catherine Davison, Grade 12
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Poetry
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2018
Why did you never want me?
Its been years now but I still have to explain about the dad I never see.
Why did you stain my mothers skin black and blue?
I’ve now come to realise that it wasnt me, the problem was you.
You broke my heart before any boy could,
You broke my sanity and ruined my childhood,
When you broke me, you let go of your manhood.
You try to crawl back and tell me im just misunderstood...
Don't give me that bull!
Someday you will feel the same pain that I did.
Someday you will cry the same tears that I have for years.
Someday you will long for me like I did for you.
Someday you will need me but i won't need you.
You will always be my father but you'll never be my dad.
And honestly I miss the father I never had,
I've grown up now and done it without you.
But the sad truth is, that I will always love you...