dear dad

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all I've ever wanted was you to be proud of me again
you to love me
you to accept me
to be understood
but all you ever gave me are daddy issues and endless arguments
arguments for no reason
arguments over the smallest shit
arguments about everything that's different about me than the 'norm'
no wonder I search for you in every older male I meet
no wonder I want to leave this life behind
go somewhere I'm understood
accepted
loved
I miss my childhood
because I was too small to understand
it's hard to live with two unhealed parents
but one uses their trauma to be understanding
and the other doesn't even tries.

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