Estranged

Over the years we grew further apart

thinking of this just breaks my heart

These things happen...don't know why

doesn't seem to help to cry

Author's Notes/Comments: 

wrote this poem upon learning of the death of my dad on 12/13/17...don't get me wrong...he was always there for me whenever I needed help and I appreciated that...but for some reason we just got on each other's nerves all the time...it was hard to spend any time with him feeling that type of tension...when my mom was alive and he answered the phone I would always say Hi is mom there? never Hi how are you or any attempt to start any conversation with him...I could talk on the phone with my mom for hours and then after hanging up call her back cuz I forgot to tell her something....where with my dad I never had much to say or talk about with him...weird...uncomfortable...after my mom died it was always so hard to go by him cuz I missed her so much...He had lots of health issues over the past few years he was more in and out of the hospital or rehab than at home...he really went through a lot..may he rest in peace...and hopefully be reunited with those who passed before him...

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sometimes dads just don`t

sometimes dads just don`t know how to act,we have to act tough and our feelings to be un touchable but it`s just a cover

i`m sure you was very special to him,he just didn`t know how to say it...


ron parrish