Your bark has always been your bite,
Because it's your words that haunt me at night;
If I am a broken daughter, it is no one's fault but your own --
Thanks to your paternal failings, broken is all I've ever known.
I am but twenty-three - fractured, yet strong,
And in my fairytale, something went horribly wrong...
Because your words cut so deep that sometimes I still feel like a child
Like that ten year old little girl, whose spirit you broke before she went wild.
I have spent my whole life not being good enough -
I have spent my whole life trying to convince myself that I am tough.
But what kind of father acts the way that you do?
I'm sorry you made me hate you, that much is true.
I shouldn't have to be scared of a man I am supposed to admire,
And I shouldn't feel like living with you is my funeral pyre.
I shouldn't have to avoid you to avoid the pain,
And I shouldn't have to wear my anger like a bloodstain.
I'm not saying that you are to blame for everything that went wrong,
But you are why I've hated myself for so long;
And while I've made my own decisions, and my own mistakes...
A daughter is only ever what a father makes.
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Poetry Collection
PoetryOkay, guys. So - I just wanted to let you know that some of this poetry is going to include foul language. Not all, but some. Some of them are also pretty dark. Consider yourself warned! :)
