Poetry of Shell

Daddy

I slammed my door so many times.

I was so annoyed.

Why were you always on my back?

Why couldn't you just leave me be?

All the screaming we did is now slowly killing me.

I just wanted to be like the Shelby you loved.

Run wild and free.

I had so much potential I knew what I wanted back then.

But now I'm all grown just reminiscing.

Thinking of the bad choices I made

Because I wasn't listening.

Fighting back these tears

Holding this pen.

I'm so sorry daddy for not seeing it then.

I just wanted to be like the Shelby you loved.

Run wild and free.

I had so much potential back then

I had everything planned out.

But see nothing worked out.

I know now that you were just fighting for me.

But now I'm grown up, sitting here with a tight grip on this pen.

Thinking about back when.

As my tears form a puddle on my paper.

Now I'm just missing you.

And I'm still at a loss.

And dad I just don't know.

Daddy where did you go?