Daddy

Daddy

Somewhere somewhere in my mind,
I’m sure, somewhere, I’ve got to find,
Someplace, sometime when you were kind,
A smile,
A word.
Something.

But your smile never reached your eyes,
And all your precious words were lies.
And now, only now, I realise
I wasn’t ever
good enough
for you.

I cried so many tears, unseen
For what never was, what should have been
You never heard me sob and keen
You refused
to even
listen.

You watched me, Daddy, as I bled.
Your eyes like claws inside my head,
And I only wish you’d said;
Please…
Don’t cry,
I love you.