It's Just Us

Dear Dad,

I know you struggle,

I know you don't know I exist,

I understand,

You don't want me.

I just want you to know,

I love you,

Even if you don't love me back,

You taught me a lesson,

At such a young age.

You taught me that I don't need a father,

To prove I'm good enough,

And I was taught,

That not everyone in the world was good,

I've come to accept,

No one's perfect.

I will still love you,

And you will always be in my heart.

I can't hate you,

Even if you wronged me,

And my mother.

You were an amazing father,

When you didn't pickup that brown bottle,

And chug that poison.

I heard you have cancer,

Probably liver cancer,

And every bit of me,

Wanted to go to your hospital bed.

However,

Would you even recognize me now?

I've changed Dad,

I found people,

I found someone I love,

His temper reminds me of yours,

He turns to a different person,

Just like you.

But he doesn't get physical unlike you,

He cares,

Even if he doesn't say it out loud.

Dear Dad,

This is my poem to you,

Because I love you.

You've wronged me,

You've forgotten me,

I no longer exist in your world...

All because you wouldn't put that bottle down.

I will never stop loving you Dad, just like I'll never stop loving Mom, Them, or Him.

I wish you luck with you're new family...

I hope you put that bottle down for her.

When you couldn't for us.

You can beat those demons that hold you Dad.

I believe in you, and I always have.

Bye Dad.