Overwhelming Emotions

little girl

when i was a little girl 

i used to journal 

i'd tell the pages about how much I missed you

but as life continues 

I become more angry and when I see you, I want to argue 

tell you instead how you should've been there

how you should be at my wedding, in that chair

and about how your addiction shouldn't have 

torn our family photograph

...

when I was your little girl

i used to think of you as my world

quickly you became relabeled 

you became a distant dream

a father who was broken at the seams