Welcome to another Trifecta Writing Challenge. I wrote a 198 words spoken word piece for the prompt word Father, that I hope you will enjoy.
1a : a man who has begotten a child; also : sire
b capitalized (1) : god 1 (2) : the first person of the Trinity
2: forefather
What if.....Father!
What if I didn’t have your eyes,
Your face, that smile,
Would I still have been despised?
What if my smile didn’t
Beam so bright,
At the sight of you
The only man in my life?
If I was born a boy,
Would you have left
me
Hungry on the kitchen
floor?
That hand I saw raised against a woman,
Who cooked, and cleaned, and slaved,
to maintain a home, and a love,
she never
had as a daughter.
Scarred me for life.
So why did these
brown eyes,
Shine with unshed tears,
Because you forgot a promise, yet again?
What if I was one of your demons,
Trapped inside the bends,
Even bet, I wouldn’t have been ignored then.
That one time you finally came around
looking for acculades from your daughter
Smelling of stale cigarettes, booze, and cheap sex
And you wondered why I stared you down?
Man, I didn’t need your hand- me-downs.
Yeah, I ignore the drunk on the corner
Begging for a dollar from a daughter
He didn’t even recognize?
What if, before you died,
You tried to acknowledge
You weren’t the father
This daughter, should
have had?
Perhaps then I wouldn’t
Indulge in
Judging every man,
By the sins of my father.
Thank you....Trifecta Challenge
Copyright © 2013 Glynis Rankin
I'm so sorry. You didn't need someone like that. Although men like that are usually sexists, I doubt that it would have made that much difference if you had been a boy.
ReplyDeleteEmotive write.
ReplyDeleteI especially liked the last stanza.
Wow! Very powerful, heart-wrenching piece.
ReplyDeleteThis packs a punch and is full of great lines. My favourite is: "Wondered why I stared you down/Man, I didn't need your hand-me-downs" Love the power in this and the internal rhyme, as well as the perfectly placed word 'man'. Great stuff. Thanks for linking up and don't forget to vote! It's still open!
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