“Your dad is an asshole,”
That's all she ever said,
When questions about the man,
I looked just like arose.
“He doesn't want you,”
Anger flared when I said I wouldn't give you up,
Her eyes always turned misty and clouds of anger rolled in.
“I want to know him,”
My father.
“He hurt me,” she'd say flatly
Wide-eyed I listened to horrible tales.
Terror turned my blood to ice,
Finally last march
I had my chance to see for myself
Just how terrible this monster really was
Shaky fingers held the phone to anxious ears
What would he sound like?
I swallowed hard
After a moment
There was a rough but gentle,
“Hello?”
My stomach dove to the ground
And my tongue stuck to the roof of my mouth
Finding the lost words at last
I heard an unsure voice utter one word
“Daddy”
The conversation went here and there
It felt like I'd known him forever
Suddenly the voice of this
So -called monster cracked
Tears were in his words
And probably streaming down his face
“I always wanted you” he swore.
“It's just that I was young and stupid”
“Becoming a father at twenty I was scared as hell”
By now the tiny hint of anger,
Had grown to a roaring fire.
SHE LIED TO ME!
A year and eight months out of the bottle,
His eyes were opened.
At last he did want me.
Here mom,
Here's your monster
Reduced to tears
Because YOU,
Kept him away.

wow i don't like poems or poetry much but that was good.

thanks :)

Ohh this one grabbed my heart and hung on. I have never been there but have known some that have. I'm totally against either parent keeping a child away from the other or making it out like the other was a monster. 9 times out of 10 it is not true and it causes so much suffering in the end. Kuddos to you very good write.


Just wanted to add your poetry amazes me more and more each time I read it you have a way with words and capture the readers attention.