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Sent it to the prison today
I asked him such questions
Said things I needed to say.

I asked him why
What did I do?
You screwed up and had me
I was born because of you.

I didn’t ask for life
I didn’t ask for this
It was your decision
And now you're censored.

I ruined your chances
You were only seventeen
It was your choices
And you became very mean.

You drank everyday
You drank every night
You got very violent
and wanted to fight.

I was so little
I couldn’t fight back
I guess its so much better
Then someone beating your ass!

But I got older
I learned how to fight
I kicked and I screamed
You know this is right.

And the last beating
I ever endured
Was with the baseball bat
Unconscious on the floor.

Mom always sat quietly in the other room
But something clicked this last time
And she got up the nerve-
She knew what to do.

And that night I went to the ER
and you went to jail
When they asked you what happened
Only lies you could tell.

I wont go on
These were all your mistakes
I have only one thing left
That I wanted to say.

I love you now
I'll love you forever
You weren’t the best Father
But I have nothing better.

I'm longing to hear
What you have to say
I want to forgive you
Write me back, okay? [comments] => 9 [counter] => 164 [topic] => 21 [informant] => strange_lindsey [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 9 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )

The Letter To Daddy

Contributed by strange_lindsey on Tuesday, 20th April 2004 @ 12:34:32 AM in AEST
Topic: Lifepoems

I wrote him a letter
Sent it to the prison today
I asked him such questions
Said things I needed to say.

I asked him why
What did I do?
You screwed up and had me
I was born because of you.

I didn’t ask for life
I didn’t ask for this
It was your decision
And now you're censored.

I ruined your chances
You were only seventeen
It was your choices
And you became very mean.

You drank everyday
You drank every night
You got very violent
and wanted to fight.

I was so little
I couldn’t fight back
I guess its so much better
Then someone beating your ass!

But I got older
I learned how to fight
I kicked and I screamed
You know this is right.

And the last beating
I ever endured
Was with the baseball bat
Unconscious on the floor.

Mom always sat quietly in the other room
But something clicked this last time
And she got up the nerve-
She knew what to do.

And that night I went to the ER
and you went to jail
When they asked you what happened
Only lies you could tell.

I wont go on
These were all your mistakes
I have only one thing left
That I wanted to say.

I love you now
I'll love you forever
You weren’t the best Father
But I have nothing better.

I'm longing to hear
What you have to say
I want to forgive you
Write me back, okay?

Copyright © strange_lindsey ... [ 2004-04-20 00:34:32]
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Re: The Letter To Daddy (User Rating: 1 )
by Pompous on Tuesday, 20th April 2004 @ 12:38:34 AM AEST
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thats so sad yet really beautiful you share everything so well
...Neal...

Re: The Letter To Daddy (User Rating: 1 )
by Remy on Tuesday, 20th April 2004 @ 12:47:27 AM AEST
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hum, heartfelt and honesty... if only we could keep that genuine spirit as we grew older... great write, glad you found it! ;0)
~Remy~

Re: The Letter To Daddy (User Rating: 1 )
by SensitiveSoAbused on Tuesday, 20th April 2004 @ 01:19:41 AM AEST
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sad. i wrote a poem like that... how old were you? and was it true?

Re: The Letter To Daddy (User Rating: 1 )
by STRaNGe_LiNDSeY on Tuesday, 20th April 2004 @ 01:25:03 AM AEST
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Yeah It's all true... I was 12 when I went into the hospital and almost 13 when I went into foster care... If you wanna know anymore PM me...

Re: The Letter To Daddy (User Rating: 1 )
by emystar on Tuesday, 20th April 2004 @ 02:05:53 AM AEST
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I agree with everyone else, very sad but written beautifully.
Great job.
If this is your first then u started out writing like a pro.
luv, huggs,
emy

Re: The Letter To Daddy (User Rating: 1 )
by katyqueen35 on Tuesday, 20th April 2004 @ 02:47:45 AM AEST
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I am sorry you went through all that.It's so sad it makes me misty eye,by the way super write.

Re: The Letter To Daddy (User Rating: 1 )
by forever_lonely on Tuesday, 20th April 2004 @ 05:41:27 AM AEST
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So sad, really touching write lizzy, full of emotion and heart, i love the lines
'I love you now
I'll love you forever
You weren’t the best Father
But I have nothing better'

That touched me deep inside

Luv, hugs, sandy beaches and squishy bugs

Re: The Letter To Daddy (User Rating: 1 )
by Vitreous_Soul on Sunday, 2nd May 2004 @ 07:27:28 AM AEST
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This is incredibly sad, and overflowing with powerful emotion. It's hard to fathom a child merely twelve years old being coerced into enduring such atrocities. This is a very special poem indeed..and could bring a tear to the eye of the most hardened soul.

Truly,
-V.S.

Re: The Letter To Daddy (User Rating: 1 )
by hooray_its_jen on Wednesday, 9th June 2004 @ 02:39:10 PM AEST
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Your first poem? You are too good! I'm speechless, hun.

Blessings
Love, Jenna

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