Irrelevant

It’s a loss felt again

Who, doesn’t really matter

For a child’s old pain

That love never gained

In the head, if he

The he, that was irrelevant

Loved me and stayed

The void would fill

If I could just hold on until

I felt worthy inside

Just a toy, just a game

The he, matters not the name

The need it grows

Sucking like a vacuum

From those around

He, that was irrelevant

Just another symptom

Of a little girl left

wondering why

Because fathers never

Never say goodbye

By Melissa Kelly 

 

Published in Awkward Mermaid  
Aug, 2018