Anyone Seen My Self-Esteem?

A poem expressing my frustration of a father who barely communicates…

If only

you were warm,

I wouldn’t be left

out in the cold

fending for myself

lost, the world’s so foreign

to my naivety.

If only

you were understanding,

I wouldn’t be left

un deciphered

a maze too
complicated

for your ignorant eyes

resisting your
materialistic lures

of which you call affection!

Why, father

why won’t you comprehend?

If only

you were selfless,

I wouldn’t be left

wondering aimlessly

shutting you out

barring you from
my life

fall so hard
onto my weak feet

wounded,
scarred,

by thorns

you could’ve
saved me from?

If only

you were human,

I wouldn’t be left

so bitterly
somber

so boiling with
anger

so timidly
silent

so desperately
frustrated

so loveless
& lonely.

If only, father

but if only…

26/7/2007

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4.42pm

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