Dad can you hear me?

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73537
United States
34° 27' 41.2668" N, 99° 36' 42.7212" W
73537
United States
34° 27' 41.2668" N, 99° 36' 42.7212" W

 

Dad.
I wish I knew how to make you love me,
The only one of God’s many creations who resemble your attributions.
It used to be enough.
Soon came your lust, as imperceptible as the sun behind the clouds on an autumn day.
Dad.
I wish I knew your favorite person.
What would it take, to oust you from that office desk, I always wondered.
Who could it be?
What would it take to frame those legs to walk. From work to home. Could it be me?
I'm sure you'd come home more often if I was the child who made you smile.
If only I could remember your hugs before this corpse turns cold.
Only God knows how I've forgotten you have arms.
How could a fledgling like me covet a love so damn deep.
Who knew that you could be so bitter and inhumane to leave behind nothing but these bumps and these bruises.
I only wonder who taught you to love.
I bet it was the devil, who I hear late at night reminding me that I'll never be the same without a daddy's love.
How oblivious could you be to not see that I yearned for your devotion?
A man with no perception is as blind as the human eye in the dark of the night.
And you, you are that man.

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