After You Left

To Dad

I wish you were there for me instead,

He didn't say you were dead,

But its like you were;

As I grew I could only observe you with your new families, and their children,

While I sat there alone in my room,

He tried to be my father figure,

Tried to fix the so called damage you left me,

When he was in fact my damage,

I spent these years alone,

The men and boyfriends who tried to replace you caused more damage than what I could handle,

If only you were there for me.