Father Figure
She told me he use to proudly carry me around.
I guess the novelty wore off.
He went off -- left her -- left me -- left town.
Again -- for good.
He called every few years.
One day she made me say hello.
I didn't like what he said.
One evening, an old friend of hers came to visit.
I think he was trying to get up the nerve to tell me
What I didn't want to hear.
He picked up on my attitude (she'd probably warned him)
And let it drop.
I knew him as her old friend.
That's all I would allow him to be -- to me.
When I look at his picture
I think I have his forehead and his nose
Do I have his blood?
Don't know -- don't care.
The last she heard of them
They were both -- deceased
One was murdered
She got divorced from a dead man. (lawyers)
She draws his social security
How did she feel?
I didn't ask -- and she didn't say
The name on my birth certificate is hers
Not either of theirs
I asked her once about it
She wouldn't answer.
(They hurt her.)
My mother's husband
My mother's lover
Sperm donors
Didn't give a dime
Didn't give a damn.
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NOTE: The first woman in my life that I love the most, and this is all that I have written about her.
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WOW! That was pure emotion.
ReplyDeleteHi SteadyCat. I've written a couple of things that are not about a woman. Hmm, well this one is about a woman too -- can't get away from them. There's more than one way to get a wounded heart. Memories fade but are still there, that's why I started writing, trying to get some of it out of my head. This one I wasn't going to post and it got a comment. --Salty
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