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He let me down all those years
Contributed by
stargazer
on
Thursday, 24th July 2003 @ 07:05:00 PM in AEST
Topic:
Lifepoems
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I was all alone in a place,
where I couldn't escape the memory.
He wasn't there when I took my first step,
and he wasn't there when I
needed someone to look up too.
I would wait up at night for him,
but he never once showed up.
And I was forced to disappear into my room
and sleep for the rest of the night.
And I thought, "Daddy, stand a little prouder.
You're leading me."
My mom never once noticed,
she was holding down two jobs
and a steady boyfriend.
When I was seven
he showed up on the door step
and said he wanted to start all over.
My mother shook her head and that was that.
I went to him every weekend.
Every Friday night I would wait
in the grocery store parking lot,
praying that soon he would show up
to pick up his little boy.
One night he never showed up...
and I walked home alone,
in the darkness of the night.
And all I could think was,
"Daddy, stand prouder. You're leading me."
At fourteen I remember
calling him asking for money for camp.
All the kids in town were going
and I did not have enough money.
He laughed at me and hung up the phone.
I decided then that I wanted nothing
to do with that man.
A new man had replaced him,
a man I could call my Father.
A man that actually cared
and didn't give up when times got rough.
And when I turned 18,
he showed up at my graduation,
and left before my name
was even called to the stage.
I had been so embarrassed
by the man that was called my Father.
He was the impidiment of everything
I never wanted to be.
One year later at my wedding day,
he showed up wanting to talk.
And all I could say was,
"You should have stood a little prouder.
You're leading me."
And with that I walked away
and began my new life...
never once saying another word to the man
that let me down all those years.
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stargazer
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Re: He let me down all those years
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by Ilhar on
Thursday, 24th July 2003 @ 07:55:44 PM AEST
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I think your brother-in-law will do just fine...as long as he remembers how not to be
good write
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Re: He let me down all those years
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by Jenni_Kalicharan on
Thursday, 24th July 2003 @ 09:58:13 PM AEST
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Great write, Stargazer!!! Really touching..
Hugs
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Re: He let me down all those years
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by lovingcritters on
Friday, 25th July 2003 @ 01:25:20 AM AEST
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How powerful as a story, and don't worry about Jason. He has courage of his convictions. How I loved his line...You should have stood taller Dad, you were to lead me. Wonderful, touching, heart rendering write!
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