What are Absent Parents?

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Blaming themselves.
Blaming everyone else.
Never taking responsibility for their actions.
Never telling the whole story.
Only seeing one side.
I'm the product of a broken home.
Addiction slowly killing you pushing us. further away.
Broken dreams of what could have been.
Depressive thoughts from what was missed.
You're not all that innocent.
I can't hate you no matter how much I try, you're still my parent.
You're nothing to me.
You said it's my fault you're not my dad.
You said it's their fault you're not a dad.
You didn't even try.
Three years is all you could do.
You gave up.
Disappeared from our lives.
Barely around.
Very few memories.
Arrogant alcoholic.
We're adults now.
We don't have to put up with it anymore.
We can break free from you.
Break free from the pain.
The pain you cause.
You still can't see.
That when you try to hurt the ones who hurt you.
you just hurt even those who didn't hurt you.
Childish acts.
viral word.
Emotional hurt.
Trust issues begin to grow.
Mental worry.
Scared to trust.
Scared to love.
The man I remember is not a father.
Destructive tendencies.
Mentally abused.
Your mind games still play tricks on me today.
The words you've said once cut deep.
I see now that you will never be anything to me.
You treated me like I was nothing.
The tides have turned.
You don't have to be a part of my life.
You never were.
A name on paper maybe but a father never.
A stranger is more like it.
You walked away.
You broke my heart.
The first one to break me down.
Now the last one to hurt me like that again.
It's not just playing house.
It's being there for your children.
Supporting them every step of the way.
Hate their other parents.
Hate anyone in their life.
Do your life the way you want to.
But always worry about how they feel.
It's easy for a child to see the good and the bad.
Scared easily by loud noises.
Scared by the smells from the past.
You shaped me into the person I am.
You will never get any gratitude from me.
You have been an absent parent.
That hurts more than you'll ever know.
I don't even care what you did anymore.
It's what you didn't do.
I've accepted the fact that you'll never change the way you are.
It's time for me to put you completely in the past.
I'm fine with you gone.
Its time for me to stop caring if you'll hurt me again.
I'm not letting you hurt me any longer.

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