How can I love someone I never knew? Daddy, where are you? How can I miss an absence? I do when I look around and view the presence Of those who have stayed, Who were not waylayed, By the enticement of whatever made you leave How can I grieve, For a family that I never had? It makes me sad, To think that I could have meant it When you asked it At one of you rare phonecalls �Sweetie, do you love Daddy?� �Yes.� No.� I lied.
�Sweetie. Daddy loves you, do you know that?� �Yes Daddy.� Oh yeah!� Then why aren�t you here Why isn�t your face clear In my memory? Why is it that you only call a couple of times a year? �Daddy?� �Yes Sweetie?� You forgot my birthday. We can�t get by on just mom�s small pay. Why did you run away? ��Nothing Daddy.� �I gotta go Sweetie.� Click. Click.
Does anybody think that�s enough? To call yourself a father? Where are you guys, do you all hang out together? �Quitters� Club�, �Failures� Club� I don�t know where you are but I know where you�re not. You�re not wherever you need to be,� �Daddies�.
I�ll get by without you because I don�t have a choice But one day I�ll find a voice to tell you How hard you made life for your family Sometimes I�m angry�but mostly just hoping you�re happy� Wherever you are. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Poetry Contents home contact me
