Daddy

Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: Daddy
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: July/1985


Daddy,
their was 
no 
escape

from
your wrath,
and
hard hands -

You
screamed
dirty names
at me,

that
cut through
my body
like a
sword -

You beat
me 
down -

a man 
possessed -

a man
gone mad - 

Your
whippings
scare
me still -

I can
hear your
putrid words
ring out

from your
evil
raging
soul -

Your
anger
and 
gruffness,

caused
my
tender heart 
to
crumble

before
your mighty  
stature,

I was
afraid 
of
your
strength -

Daddy,
what did
I do

to
cause
your
abuses ?

I
never
felt safe
around you -

Somehow
I knew

that
you 
were going 
to
get mad,

and
manhandle 
me,

forcing
my little
body

to
the
lynching 
room,

where 
you
bull-whipped
me

like
a slave
master -

Blood
cried through
my
flesh -

And
as all
the seasons
pass,

wounds
will never
heal -

Scars 
that wrenches
the soul,

bleeds 
forever

from 
the heart -

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