Through My Eyes

Tue, 01/21/2014 - 19:49 -- Kalee01

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When I'm all alone,

When no one is around;

I let the feelings out,

I let the tears fall down.

 

No one sees these tears,

No one dreamy sadness;

No one sees the blood drip down, 

Or feels my inner madness.

 

I have friends and family,

I have those who care for me,

But knowing my father willingly left,

Has cut me deeper than any can see.

 

I often wonder why he left,

Was I not something he could take?

And when the tears and blood flow together,

I ask myself, am I just a mistake?

 

To him I am only a burden,

A bill he must pay each month;

A number on the check he writes,

A child he does not want.

 

I've seen him and he's seen me,

Yet he kept on walking by;

No fatherly words of love were passed,

No tears came from his eyes.

 

But I have enough tears for both of us,

Enough pain to fill an eternity;

So when I carve Dad into my skin,

It's his loving face I see.

 

Maybe it's my imagination,

And maybe it isn't real;

But for that second... I can pretend...

He is feeling what I feel.

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