You never said you loved me
I can’t imagine saying I love you
Is it your fault that you were only taught to run through hurdles
Instead of getting over them?
You grew with a single mother, friends?
You never held to them
It’s no wonder why you drown in selfishness
Because your gills were clogged with greediness
How could I expect you to be a Father then?
When Parenthood is selflessness
And love is about all you can give

What is love when you can’t hear me crying to be seen by you?
When the greatest gift you left me with
was a cigarette burn that slowly fades with
every last memory of your existence
Existence… No life
You never said you cared, your words burnt like arsenic
They say parenthood is selfless but you are self less,
less of yourself with every word that negates my strength
My feet tread chained behind you,
the hammer to my head that serves
to remind me of my incapabilities
I die waiting for you to see my heart on your sleeve,
the heart you snatched from my being
You never said you loved me;
I only heard it draped in “you’re useless, you’re stupid…”
Words fell faint from your tongue, unheard…