Best Fatherpeople Poems


The Apple Doesn'T Fall Far From the Tree

Why do people always say this?
Just because these people are our parents doesn't mean 
We have to be just like them.
Everyone assumes I'm like my birth father

When something goes missing
I am blamed because
HE was a kleptomaniac

When my sister is hurt
I am blamed because
HE was abusive

When I do something wrong
They say it's because I'm like him
Because HIS blood runs in my veins

When I am telling the truth
They assume I'm lying because
HE was a pathological liar

I hate being related to someone like this
I hate that HE is my father
But most of all,
I am afraid of turning out like him
I hate when people say
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree

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