Daddy

I anxiously longed to tell him, But I just couldn’t bring myself to speak. So I quickly hid my face in my pillow, As a tear rolled down my cheek. Desperately wishing, thinking about, That child-like love of before. But I still couldn’t bring myself to do it, The wound is still sore. Longing to forget, About that simple memory etched in my mind. But still the bitter aftertaste lingers, I still bear the chains that bind. One single gesture, Left hell’s gates open wide. Now the trust is broken, Nowhere left to confide. Where is that unconditional trust? Where is that little girl? Why does this knowledge and experience of the truth, Have to consume her world. Can’t find anything, To fill that father’s place. But due to his actions, Can’t openheartedly accept his embrace.