Daddy Poem by Debra Kay Robinson

I lost a love.

Sorting it out in the privacy of my silence
I remember—
Is it one I ever really had?

In judgment of life
Your words slashed deeply
Whose scars are visible only to me
Now the measure of my own personal convictions.

This feeling inside
I don't know what it means
An emptiness calling
Denied your consideration or reply.

I don't know what I've done
Or what I have to do
For all my thoughts, prayers, hopes and dreams
Never knowing…

Can't you love me anyway?

Remember daddy
No matter who I am
Or what I am
I am of you

If you don't love me
I won't know how to love.
If you don't love me
I won't know being loved.

© 1981