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balled of my father choices
September 9, 2025
TW: death, suicide
You left me in the cradle, Dad,
Before I learned your name.
A little girl at two years old—
You vanished all the same.
I hate the way you walked away,
You didn’t even fight.
You chose the dark, you shut the door,
And left me with the night.
I’m thirteen now, I wonder still,
Why wasn’t I enough?
Why couldn’t you just hold me close
When life was getting rough?
I carry rage, I carry grief,
A fire I can’t hide.
You were my father, meant to stay—
But still, you chose to die.
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