S.L.Y / See I always wondered why they called you SLY .
I thought maybe they were calling you that because you were so fly .
Well at least in my eyes,
or maybe it was because everyone in the hood knew you name.
WELL OF COURSE I WAS GONNA THINK THAT,
because I'm you little girl and I wanted you in my world
until I seen you, brutally use your hands & beat her down like she was a man.
Seeing my mother on the floor was no walk in the park
& hearing her cry SLY please stop made my stomach ache.
Remember in those Simpsons episodes
when Homer choked barks neck until his eyeballs popped out of his head
Well my dad, my dad did it just a little bit different
The only difference was he choked my mother until she started pissing her pants
But as a nine year old girl
I knew for punch that you threw at her you'll have to pay
& from that night on I hated you for all of the shit that you put my mother through.
The next day you apologize for blacking her eyes and choking the piss out of her
& promised that you'll never hit her again
but another month passed
& he just couldn't resist knocking her on the floor and calling her a whore.
But I just didn't understand!
Because he was the only man that she was with
Now at the age of ten I wanted to run away
Because I was so damn tired of all of the, Oh Simone it'll be okays ..
So tired of the arguing the screaming the cries the lies
& Lord knows I was so damn tired of SLY
WHY! Would you beat the mother of your kids
Daddy you said you loved her but I know you didn't care if she lived
Because you treated her like one of those WWE wrestling toys that little boys played with
When she deserved to be treated like a queen
She did everything for you
She treated you like her ♔ king & most importantly she helped create me
But I guess that wasn't enough, she even came home from work tired as hell cooking & cleaning
But you saw her as a peasant and not your lady
Dad, you're crazy, she went through 14 years of heartbreak & promises that were also broken
I always asked her when are you gonna realize that its his time to go
He doesn't deserve you, you deserve a SUPERMAN
& that's something my father could never be
Because a super man wouldn't cut his woman with a switchblade
In fact he'll always try to fight for her even when he's at his lowest
SUPER MAN would always try to fight for Lowist
But you're not who you seem to be, nothing is what you mean to me
& if you take the S away from SLY the only thing you're left with is a lie (ly)
SLY.. you have a cunning and deceitful nature
Webster wouldn't lie , he taught me the real definition of SLY
but I no longer hate you, I'm leaving everything on this page today the misery & pain
SLY I FORGIVE YOU
YOU ARE READING
SLY
PoetryThis is not a story this is a poem .. This poem is about my father and some of the things I've seen him do as a little girl. Maybe someone can relate