My father
once
a strange man
now
a close friend
in the past:
an enemy
relentlessly abusive
drunk and hated
instilling fear and
intimidating
only
by
the grace of God
a friendship
has formed
out of what
was once
nothing.
now
we share a bond
the way
it was meant to be
a miracle
that cannot
be explained and
a relationship
that will
never
be lost
my mother’s
ex-husband
now
my Daddy