Angst Father Daughter Poems

I feel it in the pit of my stomach and
in the stinging of my eyes. I try
to blink it away to
turn my back to the...

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You’ve got me playing your silly game
For far too long that I can’t remember
When it first began
You’ve won every time
But now I’m calling the shots.

Every...

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You're nothing
You're a disgrace
You've been dishonored
You've been unmasked
For the villain
That you are.


You know not
What true love is
You know not
The meaning of family.


All you know is...

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I walk amidst the lonely path and cry
I will never see my dad since he died
Think, how I never said my last goodbye
Gazing up I...

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The first man that made me cry was
my father.
Before boys my age had the chance
the first man that made me cry
was the one who said...

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you look like your father
you look exactly like your father
and i hate your father

why did i even marry him?
i was so stupid to even like...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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More hours spent speaking with him than anyone else 
Needing good advice and wisdom, - he offers a wealth

Paths crossed first, at thirteen, he was...

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A Catholic Girl's True Story

I was only nine, when I was
denied absolution!
I had eaten meat on on a 
Friday,  tsk,tsk.
To burn in hell 'twas the
Priest's resolution?

Daddy...

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Desires and hopes are strong
When plunging into a task headlong
always fear of  failure comes along
Restricting us ,for fulfillment we long. 




Fear is a slinking...

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Plunging into a task headlong
However short or long
always fear of  failure comes along
Do every task with heart full of song....

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Daddy there's a monster under my bed! 
No... Silly girl...
You have been misled...
But daddy I hear it breathing!
I know it's real!
Dear, you know your cries...

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WHAT IS TIME CAPSULE

I am sixteen stealing my father’s cigarettes.
Learning an independent thought is not valued.

Turn the attention spin. This is a kissing game. 
Pucker...

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"Knock-Knock!" - Who's there?
"Diaphragms!" - Diaphragms who?
"Diaphragms...Don't always seem to work...
...I don't know how else to tell you this...
...So I am just gonna say it...

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You were so tired
You couldn’t wait to go lay down
Mom was standing in the kitchen
I was outside locking things up
As you went through the back...

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