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I learned to Forgive I was thirteen with no real home
I was scared and felt all alone
To boarding school I went to stay
Dad - Mom, you sent me away.
Dad, why did you hate me so?
You knew I never wanted to go.
Forgive me, your child I was not
Your stepdaughter is what you got.
I looked up to you, you were so tall
I wanted to be your best child of all.
You were my hero – my superman
I was a kid hiding – head in the sand.
Dad you stomped and screamed
You did not care who you demeaned.
How can I protect me from you?
With enough padding – TRUE.
No more beatings or fights
No more kicking mom and me out in dark nights
No more hiding in the alley with fright
So no one could see us in nightgowns at night.
I was molested when I was seven
How could I get to heaven
I felt so bad and ugly inside
I decided I had to hide.
You wanted me to lose weight
I keep on gaining since I was eight.
There I was - behind this fat
Smaller and smaller is were I was at
The more the padding increased
The hurting I crammed inside, decreased.
As long as I hid – I would not have to face
What happened to me, my disgrace.
Last year I was 450 pounds at the top
I decided me hurting me had to stop
Congested Heart Failure is what I had
Thyroid, Sleep Apnea, Asthma - all bad.
106 pound lost has happened today
My perfect weight of |
Additional Notes:
I rewrote this from the poem Why Dad?
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