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The Golden Coast

December 11, 2022
By aroche2024 BRONZE, Roswell, Georgia
aroche2024 BRONZE, Roswell, Georgia
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Born on the Golden Coast

Far away, in the South East sea

Born to a mother and father

And a brother with a disability


Twas my home a short while

But alas, it would not be

As the issues started to pile

It called for the end of their convergency


He went by many names -

A liar, a cheat, a fraud, a con

Those titles were his evils proclaimed,

lost in the sea of silence, his voice refrained


Nestled in my mother’s breast

we moved from sea to shining sea

away from that decrepit man,

 and due to my brother’s disability


The author's comments:

This piece was inspired by my desire to more deeply understand my relationship with my dad


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