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Dear Dad
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About Someone Dear Dad,
Just wanted to let you know
Through all of this pain
Through all of this time
Through all of the years
I believed in you....
It was all a scam
I can’t believe I fell for your act
As another member of the cast
Went right along with your play
of perfectness
Even went as far as to make you my hero
Believe in you
And love you
I was Daddy’s girl...
Know I’m the one paying
For your act
Lost in a sea of betrayal
Trying to understand how it could be
That everything you did
Everything you said
Was fake
Bout like you
So I’m just writing to let you know
I’m through
Through being miss perfect
Little goody to shoes
daddy’s girl
Princess fantasia
No more
This is my quittance
My retirement
My resignment
Call it what ever you want
Just understand this
No longer will i go along
With the perfect act
You’re nothing more then human
If even that
So stop pretending
Drop the act
The truths out
And your secret life’s in the open
No longer are you perfect
No longer are you in regret
I see you for what you really are
A
Coward
Liar
Actor
Child
Jerk
Wimp
The list goes on and on
Though I won’t go on with your faults
I will tell you this much
Thanks
Thanks for letting me believe
Letting me know a perfect dad
A perfect person
Even if it was all a lie
All I regret was that you
Still pretend
To be perfect
To have no faults
And most of all
Know that I know them faults
You treat me as a fault
So as this letter was about
This is my good bye.....
i absolutely love this poem!!
you're dad's a bashard. like the poem.......no you're not the one pay cuz, he's the one paying for it, cuz he's missing out of he chance of watching you grow and mature, and fulfill your dreams...he's not getting to see that...he won't get to see how you've grown up or anything, so it's him who's paying the price...not you...he's the one who took you away from him. not you take him away from you.
I choose this poem because I have one with the exact same title. Our sentiments are remarkably simular. I feel you in your "he is only human" conclusion and identify with your pain. Great poem. THanks for sharing and for being real. I appreciate your honesty.
I feel like I could have written this, about a year ago I went through the same thought processes about my dad, i used to hold him in such high esteem, he was my hero, he was my daddy, but after all this I realise how much of a jerk he was at times and how imperfect, how human he really is.
Very, very nicely expressed, great job.
Lauren x