I Have To Go

A disabled girl is abandoned by her father when she turns 18

 

My sunny bunny

Daddy cooed when we were poor

Budgeting, saving

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The wooden swingset

A splurge, damaged on clearance

I squeal in delight​

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Swish swish the monkey

Fish daddy sings, pushing me

Back and forth back and-​

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She's society's

Problem daddy yells in court

Eighteen years old now

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Why do I have to

Go away, why don't you want

Your sunny bunny

Reviews

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

This is visceral as well as raw and emotively powerful. My parents divorced when I was young, in my early teens at the time. Though I carry quite a bit of trauma from those relationships I can't begin to imagine the abandonment that this unique heartbreaking piece exudes. I was moved by your poem. Thank you for sharing your art with us. CLE

[Jessie Shaw Thompson]

Oh my gosh, thank you so much for reading this and for your kind words. I'm new to expressing myself with poetry, and that this poem spoke to you means a lot to me. Thank you for letting me know that.

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

Anytime, keep on writing and expressing yourself in your art. It can be cathartic and illuminating as far as understanding the turmoil we grapple with inside. I wrote a poem called 'A thousand little cuts' which disclosed a lot of repressed pain of the past. When I read it several times I felt as if that unspoken part of me began to have less impact on my life. It is my hope that if anyone should ever read it they find solice in knowing they are not alone in world feeling they way they do. As writers we can only hope our words bring comfort to others. Continued success and keep on sharing your art. You never know whose life your words may impact and change. CLE