giving your burden back

For my father and other alcoholics I have loved

I am giving you back your burden

Lost girl
Her daddy is her world
But daddy is sick
He likes to hit mommy

He spends his days at the bars
Working on junky cars
While daughters are home alone

Years go by
There is never any
Encouragement
Love for his daughters

Their small worlds full of
Neglect
Abuse
Mommy is sick too
Tries to end it all

Then one day
Girls and mommy
Go away
Ending the chance for
Happiness
For that family

Daughters grown
Yet still lost
And find their own sick men to love

Men who drink
Like to hit
Like to fool around
Men who don't know how to talk

Girls enable
Start living a fable
That they can
Make those men love

Girls get tired of pain
Abuse
Get dumped
And leave these men

Takes many years to realize
Need to let go of dream
Start loving themselves
Heal the pain
Walk away
Say no to the abusers
Losers users

Oh dear daddy
Dear ex darlings
I see your souls are disabled
You don't know how to love
I sorry you are living in your
Twisted fables
However this girl is unloading her
Self imposed guilt
Not going to be around to enable

She has her own burdens to bear
And so is giving your burden back

Reviews

[Sascha]

Wow this is a really good poem. I have dealt with abuse during my childhood, up to the point when my parents got a divorce, and my father moved away. He verbally and emotionally abused me and it has taken me up until recently to realize that it's not my fault for the way he treated me.

[SpeedyHobbit Armstrong]

Wow, this induces a pensive mood

[jane7z]

Yes it does that is what is wonderful about writing we can write our pain out and in a sense be healed. thanks for reading and commenting.

[Ruth]

I felt this...and want to say we do the best we can and know when the time is right to "give it back"...as in loving the self...positive thoughts to you x

[jane7z]

Thank you for your encouraging feedback.

[Ruth]

Most welcome...

[Chris]

A lot of thoughts within that one. A whole lot of real too.

[jane7z]

Thanks for you review Chris

[Chris]

many 'feel' the noises in the dark Jane...