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Jan 2016
Daddy oh daddy.
Where art thou now
Have your tendons turned to jelly
Has mind gone to dust
I fear that your muscles,
Have begun to rust.
Your nose is bleeding tear drops.
And your eyes hold crust.  

Daddy oh daddy
Are safe in your head
Locked away with your thoughts,
A child brought back from the dead.
But a ghost isn’t a ghost,
Unless the ghost has died.

Daddy oh daddy,
No matter how hard you try.
I am alive.
I am yours.
I came from YOU.  
And there is nothing you can do to fix that.
Not duct tape,
band aids
or glue.
I am yours, just as much as you are mine.
I am your mistake.
You are my pain.

Daddy oh daddy?
Do you feel it when I cry
Can you smell my sorrow
Sense our love, so desert dry
Has it ever troubled your quaint little mind
That when you are off living your life
That maybe your absence has genuinely ******* up mine

Daddy oh Daddy,
Does it worry your heart
That you don’t own a single hand painted picture
to hang on your fridge
Does it hurt you to know that I never asked for this
Can you sleep well knowing that I won’t a wink
Do you ever stop, just for a second to remember
to think
About me
Can you see my pain, behind our eyes
Tamera Pierce
Written by
Tamera Pierce  19/F/West Virginia
(19/F/West Virginia)   
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