Absent Fathers
With no guidance—love— or compliments from you
it is no wonder — why — she fell in love with men she never knew...
you never gave her one
which is why she didn't have a clue...
trying to fill a void much like pouring liquid through a sifter
attracted to spirits like yours — selfish drifters...
like you— they were soon three sheets in the wind
my God — will she ever learn how to choose better men?...
you made promises that you never kept
caused her to wear sadness like a waist belt— and oh my God how she wept...
she just couldn't figure out that it was not her — but you
she wore blame as deep as the sky is blue...
absent daddy don't you know that as a FATHER — you are —THE— most IMPORTANT MAN in her life?
but as a sperm donor — you set your baby-girl up for strife...
Inspired by the album "Words"..song titled; "Like a Woman"
by The Tony Rich Project"
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