Prodigal

my mother always fed
stories as I went to bed
about the man you were
and I would watch the emotions they would stir

I always knew we would meet
but I thought you would be dead on the street
now all that goes through my mind
are thoughts that are very unkind

but instead of thinking you dead
I just calmly said
tell me father
why do you even bother
never there sudden return
since you’ve been gone I have had a lot to learn

how to write
how to fight
how to walk
how to talk

I have end won awards for the track I run
are you happy of your lost son
of this life I have found
of the way I hold my ground

good because here’s the kicker
that makes the plot thicker
I didn’t need you for anything
so what right do you bring

to intrude on my life
even if my mom was your wife
you were never my dad
but I’m not sad

sure it was tough
but if I didn’t have it rough
I might have ended up like you
and that’s something I never want to do

I’m going to be twice the father you ever were
just so everyone will ask you how you had the nerve
to leave a son this great
that’s just simply my fate

I have waited 16 years to tell you that
and my only regret is that I held back