Puppet on a String

by blackrose1011   Jul 7, 2005


Father, you are my tester
The hands that hold my strings
You are my maker, my painter
I belong to you.

Father, dear father, you are my window.
The key to the world, I will never know
You bring light to my life
Father you shape my mind.

With every stroke of your blade, father
You mold me into being, so that I may appear real
Give me joints, so that I may appear to move
A mouth so that I may appear to speak.

But father, you see, I have no voice
You gave me no will, so that I may move without strings
And father you forgot my mind,
so I may think alone, all on my own.

Father I do not question you.
I only wish to tell you
I am not a daughter,
Just a puppet on a string.

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  • 19 years ago

    by Chad

    This is very good. This is great poem!!

  • 19 years ago

    by natalie

    Hey that is really good, i really like the idea and imagery

  • 19 years ago

    by Elizabeth Ann

    How pleasantly different! I wanted to offer how much I enjoyed this piece.