The Rest Unknown

A coach? 
A role model? 
A hero?
Maybe 
to somebody.
Perhaps 
you made up 
for your cowardice
somewhere else 
with someone else.
A father?
I wouldn't know.
Maybe to 
another child.
To me 
an abandoner,
the rest unknown.

5-22-2021
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Thirtyseven Avatar
June 5, 2021 at 5:19 PM
Short and poignant. Well penned.
Faulkner Avatar
May 28, 2021 at 11:11 AM
I, sadly, have known more than one man who left their children, my own husband's father left the family when my husband was only seven or eight, and he has struggled with that for his entire life, this is penned so skillfully, and I see congratulations are in order too! (ps am faving as well!)
Kendrick Avatar
May 26, 2021 at 11:28 AM
Interesting lines penned in this winning work. Way to go. Congrats. Sara
Kauffman Avatar
May 23, 2021 at 10:16 AM
Very poignant, Julia, with probing questions. Congratulations on your win.
Wolf Avatar
May 22, 2021 at 8:04 PM
Wounds deep, yet handled so reasonably. Hats off to you, Juliet. :) gw
Wolf Avatar
May 27, 2021 at 5:38 PM
Sigh, you're right -- probably not in the cards there. ~ gw
Ligon Avatar
May 22, 2021 at 9:38 PM
This one's not personal for me, but inspired by a conversation with someone who told me that their dad wasn't a part of their life and denied that he was the dad. Sad situation. On the positive, I wondered if that person could be a present father for another... Probably not though.
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