Explanation: My poem is expressing the hurt and anger I have at my dad for him leaving through an extended metaphor of the sea. However, the last stanza shows that, in the end, he is my dad and no matter how much he hurt and/or put me and my mom through, I cannot help but forgive him. My relationship with my dad inspired me to write this poem. The overall idea is that sometimes the people we look up to do stupid things, but they didn't mean to hurt us and sometimes we just need to to forgive them, which is the hardest part. For me, my poem is about a daughter needing her father, (Rhode is Poseidon's daughter) no matter what. But my hope is that the idea of the poem will reach out to many others.