A Father Denied

Delusional love, received in kind Yearly styles of painted smiles As if gold both did find A pyrite love grown so cold Seemingly, Either bought or sold A dalliance glowing of Hawthorne penned trait Of Scarlett Letter ruse, and Lee's Mockingbird hues A secret is borne of consequence great A Child lives on, once thought not In gabled house, nary worry fraught A forgotten son is not the view Photographs cherished, if only a precious few