Father's Day
Fate did not intend for me to have
A father that was more the normal kind.
The man my mother married first went to war.
He came back from it, but he had lost his mind.
Entirely changed was he! Although I – his eldest -
Revered him, my mother knew that it was best to leave.
So back to her home state she took her daughters.
Dad, you passed away not long ago, but I believe
At last you are yourself again. I know at Heaven’s Gate
You are with loved one (and with hugs for your four girls) you now wait!
Submitted for the 'Relationships' Poetry Contest of Robert James Liguori
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2021
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