Poetry by a not so average child

I Can Remember

I CAN REMEMBER

I can remember every time I said I love you

But I can't remember if I grabbed my phone

I can remember how I'd sneak in your bed at night

But can't remember the reasons why

I can remember the way I'd pick at my food

But I can't remember what I was picking at

I can remember how we'd jam in the car

But I can't remember if it was after or before you had to leave

I look at the photographs and smile

I can't remember them but I can picture a time

When my family was whole and warm

I can remember waiting till 12 at night just to see you

But I can't remember how many times I did

I remember flipping through the channels that you let me watch

But I can't remember why I fell asleep before I heard you knock on my door to get me

I can remember the sugary drinks

But I can't remember how you could afford

I can remember your snores

But I can't remember how they didn't wake me up

I look at the photographs and smile

I can't remember them but I can picture a time

When my family was whole and warm

I can remember when I first met her

But I can't remember why she was so short tempered with me

I can remember the new house and the new car

But I can't remember how many times she broke your heart

I can remember all the times you got back together

But I can't remember why I got a little brother

I can remember his first steps

But I can't remember why she wouldn't let me near him

I look at the photographs and smile

I can't remember them but I can picture a time

When my family was whole and warm

I can remember the feeling of having a baby brother

But I can't remember why he had to be from a different mother

I can remember when I first met your father

But I can't remember why he wasn't supposed to be bothered, with

I can remember all of your bad grammar

But I can't remember why you didn't put up a glamor

I can remember you being so blunt

But I can't remember a time when we had some, money

I look at the photographs and smile

I can't remember them but I can picture a time

When my family was whole and warm

I can remember that I love you

But I can't remember why

I can remember that your my father

But I can't remember how you were a failure

Cause you weren't

And I love every second I've spent

On this earth

With you

I love you dad

You are one in a few

Don't ever stop loving

Even when your heart feels nothing

Just know that I'm in love with you