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Dear Dad MAG

By Anonymous

I am not what you think I am.
I am not a tall, forceful woman making the decisions of her
   own mind and body.
I am a young girl taken advantage of by the world in which I
   live.
I am a victim of a complication of the brain,
not the complication that is victimizing you.
I am neither the sticks nor the stones.
I am the skinny bones you found me as because names
   and images can hurt me.

I am not the cargo ship.
I am the package that was enclosed, stamped, and shipped
away.
I am not the knife that cut into your finger while you were
   preparing our food.
I am the cucumber sliced into pieces.

I am not the tornado;
I am not the storm.
I am the house spinning out of control, the windows drenched in rain.

I am not the teacher.
I am the student.

Dad, I know that your blood vessels are enflamed, your muscles frozen,
when someone tries to hurt me.
But enemies aren’t always tangible.

You once pushed me on the swings, but now I have to make it to the
   top on my own. Dad, you have to guide me with the gentle warmth of
   your fingers wrapped around mine, not the forcefulness of your palms
   against my shoulders.

Dear Dad, please continue to learn how to love me.
I love you.



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on Jun. 24 2009 at 3:48 am
Br11anna BRONZE, Winston Salem, North Carolina
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THIS IS FOR A GREAT POEM I really like it

on Jun. 24 2009 at 1:49 am
Crystal<3 BRONZE, Haslet, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

~~Lanston Hughes

AMAZING!

on Jun. 23 2009 at 9:04 pm
xxlaurenxx BRONZE, Liberty, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
Smile. Less questions asked.

This is so true about so many dads. This is good work!

on Jun. 23 2009 at 3:49 pm
musiclover71 ELITE, Hutto, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
"Normal is overrated." - Gregory House

its amazing very well done

brown eyed said...
on Jan. 29 2009 at 1:39 pm
Wah idk what you mean

babygirl1011 said...
on Dec. 1 2008 at 5:22 pm
i wnat to say thank you. this is the first thing that has ever described how things are between me and my dad.

daiz--e said...
on Oct. 8 2008 at 1:45 pm
wow diz is AMAZING i love it!!!!!!!!