A Letter To Daddy

A bit of an old write. I actually sent this to my father, awaiting to be put to death for destroying many lives.

Dearest Father,

I have just recieved your letter

And might I say this

Since the day that you left

My life has never been better.

 

Daniel is fine, out of war from Iraq

Fighting in a deadly war

While I am still picking up the pieces

Shattered pieces of me off the floor.

 

What do want me to say, Father?

I needed your strong sturdy hand

But I was left in a world of darkness

I'm still trying to understand.

 

You dug your own grave,

Living a life full of sin

The devil was in your possession

And you just had to let him win.

 

How can you not see?

Blinding me with all this pain

I've shed so many tears for us

Storms of never-ending rain.

 

You have ruined so many lives

Leaving me without my mother.

The only man figure I have now

Is the gentleness of my only brother.

 

Now rotting in a jail cell,

Waiting for your day of death.

Know now you have no daughter

To save you from your final breath.

 

You shattered my childhood

And now I have moved on

Refusing to hide in the curtain of shame

The darkness from me is far gone.

 

From your dearest daughter,

Your only, Anna Rose

 

 

Author's Note

Karma always comes back to bite you in the ass.

Reviews

[Liza]

I know this feeling; I have held this tension and vulnerability most of my life but with experience and an abundant need to love my father or his existence in this world; I have learned to let go of what he should have done and instead found gratitude that I was raised by a strong mother that didn't allow herself to be misvalued and mistreated for the sakes of having to show the world "a father figure" I ask that you discover your need for karma to repay him; because that in a sense does come back like a boomerang; if it weren't for our father's seed; we wouldn't exist and our mother's wouldn't have had the biggest blessing of a loving daughter.

[Silent rain]

I loved it!!

[Raven Starhawk]

I enjoyed how this played in my mind.

[TWISTED NIGHTMARE]

you put a lot of emotion and passion behind it and it came out wonderful...it was sad but sometimes that's just how a poem is

[Inyourshadow]

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and boy do you prove it here in this venomous and well deserved poem, he left and in leaving as no claim to any pity or love. Darkly penned and beautifully structured just like a dear John letter. Keep em' coming

[Sakib]

This is really sad. You've shown your emotion and frustration exquisitely here. I would love to know more, though. It was great to read, anyway. I liked the rhyming scheme too. Nice write. :)