~:: Funeral For Dad ::~

[allmeheart]

[glow=black,2,300] ~:: Funeral For Dad ::~
I looked inside your heart
Looked within your soul
My eyes fell to the ground
And I dug a deeper hole

6 feet down just wasn’t enough
And handling your body with care
I placed you in the ground
Then quickly said a prayer

Even though you hurt me
So many times before
I swore to myself
I wouldn’t always be your wh*re

I had been used
And abused
Beaten
And bruised

But still I had a heart
One warmer than yours
I never understood why sex
Was one of my chores

Some call it rape
I say its unwanted emotion
It wasn't what you told me
Not love, nor devotion

Was it not enough,
That you took my heart and broke it?
Did you really have to,
Rudely revoke it?

I guess since I was your daughter
You thought it was okay
It never was the father role
You chose to portray

Dad don’t worry now
I still haven’t said a word
And since you clipped my wings
Ill never be a free bird

Stealing my soul
Wasn’t your only crime
It’s just the only thing
I can’t replace over time

Ashes to ashes
And dust to dust
No longer will I be
Your object of lust

I’ve covered the place
Where you now lay
I burried you face up
So you can watch me walk away

~Jessica~ [/glow]

[Laura]

This is a really hard subject to write and read about ... it's just so difficult to try and put feelings into words that we all know no words can justify.

"Stealing my soul
Wasn’t your only crime
It’s just the only thing
I can’t replace over time"

--this rhyme works and the stanza makes great sense. It's sad but it must be such a constant emotion for anyone who has gone through something tragic.

The ending:

"I’ve covered the place
Where you now lay
I burried you face up
So you can watch me walk away"

--There's a small sense of hope in here ... I really liked how it rhymed here as well as the two last lines make for such a great image. I really, really liked how you put the last part together. Well done for such a tough subject.

[Only Me]

this is definitely one of the toughest subjects to write and or read about. You did it magnificently! I really love the lines "And since you clipped my wings
Ill never be a free bird" it really paints a perfect picture

[thecrazybeautiful]

I agree, that's got to be hard to write about, but you get the message through, and show the whole range of emotions there.

"My eyes fell to the ground
And I dug a deeper hole"

Those are my favorite lines. It seems like so much more than what's said right there.

Good job.

[QueenPaige4]

this whole poem opens up a story book that no one ever knows but the person who wrote it..and they won't understand it unless they've been through it. i like this piece i've read many things about abusive parents and their abused children...its a difficult thing to read but its even more difficult to write about it...