Ghost Dad

By mikeygreenleaf

This is in no way anything I was trying to make "publish-worthy" Simply an honest expression of a way I feel every once in a great while. I wonder if this feeling ever truly dies..it's been a rough couple days :(

Ghost Dad

The day my family died
I knew I’d never be the same
But holding onto you would
Only be more cause for blame
I miss my babies fiercely
Even call them out by name
Chasing down your ghosts has
Now become my favorite game
Dad is disembodied, restless
Roaming all alone, and if
Someone doesn’t find him
He may never have a home
It seems cruel and pretty usual
That I end a day like this
Sitting in a bedroom crying with
My hands balled into fists
Dodging memory after memory
Listen I’m all out of fight
Can we please just take it easy?
I can take no more tonight

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Copyright 2015 mikeygreenleaf
Published on Sunday, December 6, 2015.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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