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Oct 2013
When are you coming back?
By all means you're here, and 'aren't we lucky'
that you survived the fall
Technically, physically you're here
lying in front of me with your eyes closed and your fists unclenched
You look peaceful, like yourself, for the first time in a long time

But a long time isn't forever, and so I know you were here once  
Wasn't I enough to keep you going?
Even if I'm not your whole world
was I not a big enough portion
to make you see that there are people who love you
and reasons to stay?
But you still left

You left with all your kindness and soul
It's like you packed up everything that made you real
Your smiles and tears
Anxieties and ambitions
love and laughter
and just...
left.

You left behind this robot in your place
It didn't care about me
Or consequences
It didn't appreciate life
and tried to throw everything away

Please come back and claim what's  yours
Please tell me you love me
and loose the lifeless look in your eyes

Maybe then I'll tell you what it was like when you were gone
And maybe then you won't go again
I'll tell you everything
Like the time I asked you if you loved me and waited for a reply
and waited for a very long time
I'll tell you about the monster that you became
And maybe you won't let it in again
But first  YOU  have to come back!

Dad, I don't know who is after you, or what they did to your humanity
But I'm scared because they're after me too.
They enter our minds and steal our hearts
When you were gone they were the only thing left in your place
And I was scared

I'm scared now, for you and me
Which is why I'm repeating myself so desperately

Dad...Please come back.
I could edit this now and try to fix some of it, or edit it a little but I really don't have the heart! I wrote this when I was 10, and The words kind of feel like an old friend,and I couldn't 'fix' them if I tried- even if it's a little amateur in it's current state.
Jenna B
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Jenna B  South Africa
(South Africa)   
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