My Father Poem by Pat Raia

My Father



My father
gave up
half
his life
saving
his bother's
skin
protecting
his sister's
virtue
keeping
his father
rich
So
he never
understood
what
I had
become
and why
I'd
grown
unwilling
to do
anything
he had
done

Pat Raia
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: family
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