Forgive Me Daughter Poems

Avast emotional gulf manifested; courtesy
series of unfortunate events; sundered
biologically accorded, cherished, enshrined
paternal bond; resultant dereliction defies,
justifies, ratifies...dissonance; unbearable
hindsight excoriates impropriety reviewing

dirty deeds done dirt cheap;...

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Forgive me for the thing I said that hurt you.
I found out later how you felt because
you told another; it got back to me.
I hadn’t...

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I held your still warm dead hand in mine for hours,
waiting, waiting  for other family members to arrive;
most of the time I sat weeping...

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"Father does not see the mournful sad tears,
that fall on a mossy stone;
O, my broken heart weeps.

And I recall running into your open arms a...

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MAMA DON T CRY OVER ME A DISOBEDIENT CHILD---

Mama don't cry
Wipe these tears from your eyes
I'm your child
Yes, I was born in sin
You and daddy...

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My mother died young, she was only sixty-nine,
we had a history that was not always wonderful;
she said and did things, and I said and did...

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Author Dana Redricks
July 12, 2018

I know I have made 
a lot of mistakes along
the way, but you must
remember,  it is all a part of
being...

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Dearest Schylar, these words seek forgiveness for dad.
Forgiveness for unfulfilled promises, that makes me so sad. 
My heart ache, my mood is gloomy, yes I...

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Bang the gavel. Bang it again. 
   It's Judgment Day for my children.
Bang the gavel. Bang it again.
   I sit on...

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Nine months of suffering and pain
In your womb you carried me without any complain
I was nurtured inside of you until due date
Giving birth to me...

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Tonight my daughter will be on Jeopardy
OH, how exciting that will be!
It's not easy to be an invited guest
but for a long time it's been...

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Whenever I close my eyes,I see you sitting alone.
so silently you left the world or may be you were throne.
when you said that,you are coming...

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So young and so in love
       in a marriage from above-
Countless surgeries on my
ovaries,
How much can one woman
 ...

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I screamed into the canyon 
Forgive me please forgive me
My voice echoing off its walls
And all that were left were memories
When from but grace one...

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Staring into the glass in the still dark of night
I can't see anything, pitch black, yet I know I caught a glimpse of your smile.
Banging...

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