41. I'm Sorry...Dad
I'm sorry you missed the day I came home.
I'm sorry you left my Mum all alone.
I'm sorry you missed the first time I walked.
And I'm sorry you missed the first time I talked.
I'm sorry you missed the day I came home.
I'm sorry you left my Mum all alone.
I'm sorry you missed the first time I walked.
And I'm sorry you missed the first time I talked.
My dad was deported for being caught with drugs a few months before I was born. He wasn't there for any of my firsts. He didn't see me until I was a year old and we moved to Mexico. I grew up...
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I wished so much
for my biological dad,
but now that I've got him,
I'm feeling very sad.
I know how you feel. My father left, and before that, he did a lot of horrible things to me, my brother and my mother. Finally, we moved away and many years have passed, but all of a sudden,...
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Do you know what it's like
to feel so alone?
No mom, no dad,
no house to call a home.
I lost my job in 2016. Fast forward to 2018, and my life took a turn for the worse. My wife abandoned me. I lost all. I was kicked out of the house. I was renting, and now even the friend who...
Hurrying to pack up all your stuff in the middle of the night.
All because your Mother and Father are in another abusive fight.
You hear all that yelling and screaming at such a young age.
It feels like a scared dog that's trapped in its cage.
This tells my whole life growing up. I'm now 21 but growing up I watched my dad beat my mom and me but hurt her more than me and now my mom got married about 4 years ago to my step dad. I...
Leaving behind others to take your place,
Carrying on your name, walking around with your face,
Knowing you got left behind,
Wondering what's on my father's mind.
My dad left me because I came out to my family, and he didn't love me for who I am. He was against gays and didn't accept me for who I am, and instead, he packed his bag and never looked...
Behind your shadow,
I stand and fall.
It's a tough battle,
In which I feel so small.
My mom abandoned my brother and me. When I was only 11 and my brother was only 10, I took care of him and my little niece and nephew when my mom went out and did her drugs. She'd tell me...
How could you have left
I was only a young girl
I needed your help
I didn't know much of this world
Hi my name is Geraldnae Shaw and I am 13 teen years old. My dad walked out on me, my mom, and 2 brothers. It's very hard for me. My dad was my best friend, we would do everything together....
When reading this poem I felt full of tears in my eyes. It makes me think of my own past and how my parents and brothers left me all to myself to struggle in life. Nobody have ever been there...
My sister gets all the love
And support she needs
She has always been first
In your mind and heart
This is me! Sometimes I think my mum had me just so she had a live-in babysitter and housemaid! I'll leave as soon as I can, and then maybe she'll realize what she lost. Or maybe she won't,...
Looking in your eyes
Tells me something's wrong.
Never began to realize
You've neglected for so long.
I can feel this poem. My father died early. I live with my 2 siblings and mother. My grandparents pay for everything for us. My mother is a good person only towards my siblings. She takes me...
Why did you do the things you did?
Why did you say the things you said?
Why did you change who you are?
Why did you choose a man over your own daughter?
Yes, thanks everyone for sharing your stories. I am so sorry to hear these stories. It's unimaginable. I don't feel alone in my feelings about my mother. She died a year ago and left her...
I wish things were different
I wish I could change them
I wish I could change me
but somehow I always end up hurt
Every year when Christmas arrives
I cry because you're not here
I want you to come home to me
I pray this every year
Welcome to my broken home,
There's nobody here I'm all alone.
The walls they scream of things once said,
Can't seem to put into words how you blessed my mind with your poems. They have helped me come out of my shell. Thankful you are comfortable putting this out there for the world to see....
Time can't heal pain that won't mend.
The suffering, the heart ache,
It feels like the end.
Grasping a hold of a moving change,
Now that I'm grown, I regret treating her the way I did, because I have daughters of my own, and I see now that it wasn't that she didn't love me. I still do not agree with how she handled...
I sit alone in the darkness
Waiting...
Waiting for him to come back to me.
Can he hear my cries?
I haven't lost my dad, but I did lose one of my closest friends who sent me a scary letter then never talked to me again. A year later, and I'm still waiting for him. This poem explains just...
The shadows on my bedroom wall are growing dark and long.
I hear the voices rise and fall, their language harsh and strong.
Do they know I can hear their fight? Maybe they just don't care
that their child is locked in fright, heart pounding in both ears.
Life was hard when I was young.
A dad was just something other kids had.
It was a struggle for a mom with nine kids.
Some days were happy and some days were sad.
How am I going to explain this to you?
I have four children and don't know what to do.
I have had less than eight hours of sleep all week.
I am so tired of yelling, I can barely speak.
As a single mother of three girls (now grown with families of their own), I can totally relate to this piece. My husband and I split up when my youngest daughter was 18 months old. I worked...