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Father Said

Faint memories of you from years ago

Not the best, full of anger and hate

Two people who were supposed to love each other

Unconditionally, always and forever

At each other’s necks, murderous.

He wouldn’t fall for it, her controlling nature.

Three children together, part of a broken home

Never knew the love of a real family

Stuck with the bitterness of a lonely mother

Without the presence of a father figure

 

She lost hope, dated only men she could control

Lied to the children, told them their father left

That he no longer cared for them,

Didn’t want to be in their life any more.

 

But he told them things would get better

That he’d try to be there

Making money was hard

Paying a greedy person ever harder.

But it’s I who sees the family falling apart

Mother is getting married to a man she can control

Letting him control and taunt us

Denying us what we need, greedy, spoiling herself

 

Home is where the heart is but her heart isn’t here

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