How Does It Make You Feel?

Written about my dad. 2/4/11.

How does it make you feel

To see me run to my room in tears?

 

Do you get a sense of accomplishment

When my heart is broken repeatedly?

 

How much satisfaction do you get

To see me pull away from you slowly but surely?

 

Do you squeal with glee

Each time I run away from you into my loving mother's arms?

 

All I can say is thank God I'm 17.

Thank God I'm going to college this autumn.

Thank God I will move in with a friend.

Thank God I won't have to see you everyday.

Thank God for giving me the strength to rise above your emotional abuse.

 

The cycle stops with me, dad.

I REFUSE to treat my children with so little respect and love.

I wish I had a different father.

I wish YOU had a different father.

Maybe then you'd know how to love your children.

Reviews

[Dakota]

It's sad that there are people out there that believe what they were raised with is good enough for their children. I've always wanted better for mine. Keep your chin up, you can prove him wrong. Just keep believing in what you wrote here!

[Coyote Poetry]

Two options in a life for a parent. Try to be kind and a open door. The other is what the poem is about. I learn from bad examples to be a good parent. I did my best to be quiet and allow my kids to grow up and learn the mistakes of life. A excellent poem. A lesson to be learn in your words.
Coyote

[just rose.]

I hear you. I get it. And I know. It gets better.

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

What a sad poem.
It is a lesson to us all.