Travis Borrego Poet Free verse

The Man I Called Dad

I have to go now,
he told me.
It's for the best,
he said.
And because he said it,
his unwavering word:
He's gone.

It's for the best,
they told me.
You'll figure it out,
they said.
But because they said it,
an impossible challenge:
I failed.

And now, 
all those years gone;
all those days passed by,
each going through its daily grind,
and I find,
that there are only more lies.
  And the faces that tell them,
just smile on by.
 
So if it's for the best, 
why do I hide?
Why couldn't I figure it out,
though I tried and tried?
  And now, only to die,
never really having known,
the man I called dad.

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