You Call Yourselves Dads? Poem by Stephanie Hernandez

A spring time flower
The morning dew
You couldn’t come out for half an hour
You missed it all…

A summer rose
A windy day
Right under your nose.
You missed it all…

The new autumn leaves
A walk in the park
Even after I begged on my knees.
You missed it all…


The first winter snow
The first snowman on the block
You didn’t even know.
You missed it all…

You call yourselves fathers
You call yourselves dads
While you talk to each other
Oh God! It drives me mad!

So tell me you fathers,
You “Father’s Day” dads
When’s the last time
You played tag with your lads?

I bet you can’t even remember
The last time you sat
And watched your “princess”
Perform a marching band number.

So don’t come to us,
Your forgotten children at 21
In your time of need
For when me needed you the most…you just waved us off.