Daddy Problems

I have daddy problem
I wake up fatherless like 
Every other African American
Child out there.
Most kids 
know where there father is.
They either in jail, remarried or in the cementary.
For me,
I have no idea 
Where my old man is.
To be honest,
I really don't give a damn 
Either.
Most kids hate there father,
They don't give 2 shits about 
Him.
I don't hate my father.
He was never there.
So it feels like I never really
Knew him.
How can you expect me to
Barely have feelings for a man that was barely there
To begin with,
And how can I hate a man 
That didn't do nothing 
But leave me and my mother
To struggle.
He abandon us,
It's his lost.
I got use to him not being
Here that he became nonexisting.
When I see pictures,
I can't really identify him. 
All I see is some stranger that's in all my baby pics. 
To get myself through the day
I tell myself he was only a
Temporary sitter.
His service was temporary,
His stay was only temporary,
After his deadline it was time for him to skedaddle.
A couple visitation until I was
8 then he became gone with the wind and never came around again.
I have daddy problems?
Nah, I'm fine.
My mom play both roles and I'm ok with that. 
Yes times get hard 
But there's nothing I can do
About it.
Just live each day as I can.
Forget a father figure. 
I'm doing just fine with out him.
      
This poem is about: 
Me
My family
My community
My country
Our world

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