Father's Day Lost

By Lifeless

I sit by the phone that never rings
I sit and contemplate all the good things
I realize now the bad outweighs the good
I know the mistakes I've made in fatherhood
Try as I may I can never make amends
I'm to blame for my daughter's bad trends
The most important thing in life is a child's soul
My mistake lies where that was never my goal
I pay the price now for all my mistakes
A lonely old man with severe heart aches
My attempts to make good were quickly spurned
For my child to love me was all that I yearned
Too little to late was all she had spoken
Leaving a shell of a man pathetic and broken

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© 2004 Lifeless
Published on Sunday, June 20, 2004.     Filed under: "Depressed" and "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: Wow very powerful words they spoke to me. I am going through something likes this in my life now and made me want to just cry my eyes out

  • Delphoid-Q On Friday, October 22, 2004, Delphoid-Q (213)By person wrote:

    wow... perhaps she should read this...

  • Lifeless On Saturday, July 9, 2005, Lifeless (39)By person wrote:

    She has...she doesn't care.

  • nobody-in_the_darkness On Sunday, June 20, 2004, nobody-in_the_darkness (12)By person wrote:

    wow that is sad because i wont forgive my father and i am afraid still how he feels....sad to see the other side... great write~nobody~

  • girlafraid On Sunday, June 20, 2004, girlafraid (480)By person wrote:

    i know a lot of people like this...the children suffer but so does the father..makes me wonder why the father couldn't try to avoid all of this..

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