Forgive Me Daughter Poems

Still wrestling with impasse to contentment

Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog
just me and mine dark shadow 
slinking along outer limits of 
the edge of night...

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Drink the poison from my blood, breathe the rot from my lungs.
Take all that has been decaying inside me and nurse it to health like...

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Attitude with latitude

originally written January 19th, 2019
and tension defines the dynamic

Valiant prince sip pulled effort
rebuffed, snubbed, thumbed
courtesy eldest daughter
uncontested vainglorious woke
mine genuine apology,
viz sincerely yours...

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I have heard a hurt person say, 
if you knew what they did to me you would never forgive them. 
Hurt can run very deep...

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It's time that I regain control
for I have given you too much
the past will take an endless toll
if I stay here inside its clutch

a child’s...

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She gently climbed upon my lap,
A nine-year-old with curly blonde hair,
Waking me from a pleasant nap,
And said, “Daddy, I want to know why.”

Tearing sleepy cobwebs...

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# If I had a daughter…

I’m going to tell her that I’ll always be there for her,
Ready to listen when no one hears her,
Lend her...

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Pieces

I gather things I thought were important, 
that don't seem quite that way anymore. 
There are pictures of the past, 
and lists of goals for...

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Tired of trying,
Tired of lying,
Tired of hearing it's not your fault,
Stop stalling,
Stop calling,
Every missed text,
Every missed message,
Do not reply it's not worth her time,
It's not...

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Weekends are supposed to be for relaxing,having fun and catching up on tasks from the week before.
Some people do the aforementioned things but for me,...

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I feel sorry, and quite disappointed in myself -- even mad
In retrospect, that I neglected to make coffee for my Dad

He drank coffee every day,...

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I used to blame myself 
For your absence in my life
I thought maybe you didn’t love me
Maybe I was right

Your in my life always leaving...

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The source of pleasure, that life once bring to me is over,
The sacrifices I made, till this day there is no total.

I have tried, time...

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The Tricky Chirp

The nester bird comes to live, 
in a nest, they did not make. 
Yet... the bird, 
feels right at home 
and not alone...

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Caring and The Job

The caretaker got out of the car. 
She went to the back, 
opened the door, 
and pulled her ward out too. 
He...

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