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January 28, 2011
By Anonymous

He smokes
He screams
He yells
I am my father's daughter

He ignores
He lies
He orders me around
I am my father's daughter

He hurts
I worry
I care
I am my father's daughter

I dream
I think
I try
I am my father's daughter

I show
He sees
He doesn't care
I cannot be my father's son

I wonder
And I wish
I'm not my father's daughter
But I still love him.

The author's comments:
I know he's done me wrong time and time again. I've never been abused, I cannot say that i ever will. But i can say that it still hurts, and that i still love him.
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This article has 2 comments.

The.Lost.One BRONZE said...
on May. 15 2011 at 12:15 am
The.Lost.One BRONZE, Meridian, Idaho
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Well basically in stanza 1 and 2 i'm telling about how my dad has done me wrong, in stanza 3 i'm talking about how much i care for him even though it hurts sometimes, then in stanza 4 it's about me finally trying to become someone worth loving, and in stanza 5 i get rejected, because in the end i'm still a girl. In the final stanza, it's me realizing how though he's never going to love me the way i want, i'm going to move on and create the best me i can, loving him and feeling pain because of it.
Bethani GOLD said...
on Apr. 29 2011 at 7:48 pm
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I like the poem but it's hard for me to understand. What is it about?