" You are nothing like me", said he
The person who was supposed to protect me
from all the evils of this world
Who was supposed to teach me all the good things
With whom I was expected to be close
And tell him little secrets right from my childhood
"You are nothing like me", said my dad.
Once he said," are you even my daughter?"
I looked at him with my big innocent eyes
And giggled
But he didn't
Instead, he continued
"You share no traits of mine
how can I acknowledge you as my daughter"
But how could I understand all those harsh comments
Intended towards me
While all I could figure out is that-
Maybe he is praising me
But my thought was far from reality.
Whenever I tried to understand me
My attempts all went in vain
In the years of my growth and emotional development
I was busy going to darker corners every day
Where no one would be able to read my mind
And I could pour my eyes out.
I lacked what others easily got
But maybe it was meant to be like that.
After all these years when I look back
All I can feel is a deep void
A missing part of my life
That was supposed to be bright
As the shooting star
But somehow it became a moonless night
With no hope left to see the end of the tunnel.
YOU ARE READING
I AM NOT LIKE HIM
PoetryTHIS IS A SHORT POEM, WRITTEN IN THE P.O.V OF A DAUGHTER ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A DAUGHTER AND FATHER. HOW HE MISJUDGED HER AND HOW SHE MANAGED TO COPE UP WITH IT.
