Dad

I'm dying slowly
but he doesn't even care
As if I'm Sister Jade Sun
He refuses to see me when I'm there

I've tried to write
And I've tried to call
But with no responses
He doesn't care at all

I know he doesn't love me
Or my mother
But how could he have done this
To my poor little brother?

My brother has depression
And it comes out in anger
But if we saw HIM
He'd be a complete stranger

My brother and I
Have memories so vivid
Of him hurting us
Come on, we were only little kids!

But he'd hurt us anyway
Because he had no heart
But we loved him anyway
That was the hardest part

We always tried to deny
That our Daddy was so mean
We tried to think he was perfect
But he got mad over everything

Then our parents
Decided to split up
I cried forever
I knew I drained myself up

Then our Daddy
Moved far away
We never got to see him
Until this very day

I don't know why
He hates so much
All I know is
I can't dislike him enough

There are very few
Who know how to be a real man
And my Daddy should know
That one day he'll understand

I hope my Daddy knows
That I won't ALWAYS be mad
Just know it takes a male to be a father
But it takes a MAN to be a dad

*Dedicated to my father: Rocky Gene Reaves*