My Daddy Went Away Poem by sania harris

Tracing 11 years back
Being just 5 years old
Fading memories, hard to track
I remember a story often told

My daddy went away
He said he couldn’t stay
But he promised it wasn’t good-bye
He promised, but he lied.

My school was filled on father’s day
Everyone came with their dad
That day, everyone stared at me
As I went all alone

My teenage years are troubled
I need guidance, I need you
To feel secure and to walk free
I need you, dearest daddy

Have you forgotten, papa…
About this child that is yours?
Ever kissed me goodnight?
You forgot me, how could you?

Throughout this tale, I suffer
Wondering what I did wrong
To be brought up without a father
The feelings, terrible to explain

I love you ever so much
But you are a liar in my mind
You left me in this disgraceful world
Forgetting your duties, forgetting me

A mere miracle of bringing a child
Into this atrocious beautiful world
Might make you a father by name, by law
But a daddy, you become not!


(DEDICATED TO CHILDREN WHO LOSE 1 PARENT AFTER THEIR DIVORCE)


NOVEMBER 11,2008