Christopher Flaherty Poet Free verse

Desperately Insecure Jealous Guy

Though we both hail from Liverpool

Originally 

I am sadly not John Lennon

He was just a jealous guy

Whereas I

Suffer from an affliction

So far worse

As i am an insecure guy

And it's certainly no 

Yoke 

Ohh no

I can't even use or fit insecure into a verse

Write a song about it

Let alone make it poetically rhyme

As I am not so much a Beatle

As a bug 

In desperate need of a hug 

Because my father never

Could express or say he loved me

Yet alone I thought and believed love me

But he certainly most did

So in the end my insecurities

Lie with and are all down to me 

Not he

So blaming him is totally and utterly

As pointless and irrelevant

As what I have just wrote

And probably the reason therefore why

I am just an insecure guy

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David Kavanagh September 7, 2023 at 3:36 PM Back in the day Christopher very few fathers told their children they loved them, but when my father died a relatively young man, I knew exactly how much I loved him, your poem expresses a different perspective on yourself, and is far from pointless or irrelevant, it’s called the truth, cheers David Christopher Flaherty September 7, 2023 at 4:16 PM Nailed it exactly on the head once again Sir It just wasn't the done thing back then. Probably wouldn't be accepted as a masculine manly thing to do It certainly wasn't his fault he was simply a product of his time and upbringing as well Saying showing and expressing love are technically completely different things altogether And actions speak louder than words as he never said it that much but his actions sure as hell showed it Thanking you cheers David