Dear Daddy

Dear daddy why aren't you here
To help mummy throughout
To care for us three children
And never scream and shout?
Why were you not there
On my first day of school?
Why were you not there
When I first broke a rule?
It was always mummy
Who cared for us throughout
And it is always mummy
Who's there without a doubt.
And mummy coped tremendously
As a single parent each day
And somehow we managed
To live on her minimal pay
We coped and now we're happy
We love each other heaps
But I often wonder daddy
How could you make mummy weep?
I know why mummy left you
You would scream and yell and shout
And I know that you're a bastard
But why didn't you help out?
We're your children too
But that never seemed to click
Because you never really liked us
You always were a prick.
I don't know how you could upset
Mummy, my love, each day
And now daddy I tell you
It is your time to pay.
For all the years of torture
The heartache and the pain
For all the money squandered
Thrown away down the drain.
So this is my goodbye Dad
I've nothing left to say
Except now that I hate you
You'll never see me again.