Dear Daddy
Dear Daddy,
Where were you
All my life
Since I was young
When I turned 10?
My first year of
Double digits
How about my first year
Of High School
My Sweet 16?
Where were you then
Now...all of the sudden
I am a Senior
17 years old
And you want to be a part in it?
You can't even remember my birthday
You can't spell my sister's name right...
What type of father is that?
Not a very good one...
Why is it that...
You now what to be a part of me
Because I'm an adult?
Do you want control now...
Because I can take care of myself
And you don't have to???
Why didn't you care before
You say you've changed
But your still the same
What happened to the 2 birthday cards you promised?
I still haven't gotten them.
I just want to let you know...
This may be hard to hear but you need to hear it...
I don't know...
If you should come to my graduation
My marriage..when I find a man who wants to marry me.
I don't think I should invite a man
Who wasn't a father to me
Thinking he has changed.
I don't think that you have changed....
If you have...
You've never proven it?
I am still waiting for proof...
I have'nt even gotten a birthday card...
Everytime you call...
You have to ask how old I am...
And what grade I'm in...
Sorry but that's not a father...
That's not someone who I want to call...
Daddy...
I'm Sorry.
Your Daughter,
Brittany
Copyright © The Melody Sings | Year Posted 2010
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