Dear Dad,
I love you but you're not here.
Zach and Kate has a dad who picks them up after school
and who pushes the back of their bikes while they steer-
Even Stephanie's Dad that lives away shows up more than you do; if you ever showed at all.
It's not like you went across the world to fight or that you died in the prime of life.
I believed you when you said you'll always be there.
Yet you never really did plan on living with me forever?
While I wasted every year wishing for you,
waited everyday by the phone for a call,
spent every minute daydreaming you'll surprise me by the steps of my door
ready to make a new home with all of us together but
you were spending every second of your life tending to children I've never seen before.
Bad things don't happen without a reason.
So it must be my fault...
My punishment-
Cause I'm mean to my little brother when his dad visits more
Cause I bullied the dog mom bought,
Cause I don't know who else can be blamed.
If I'm good this time would you keep your promise and come home?