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 -
Copyright © Ken Jordan | Year Posted 2014
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