Fairy Tale

My heart bleeds for your attention

Seeking the warmth of you deep dark brown skin
Pressed against my back, while the words ‘I love you’ seep through my ears with the intention of never leaving.

I’ve waited so long for this moment, where you would hold me close in your arms and never let me go;

Telling me that my hurt was just the beginning of a fairy tale, and as it always goes, you, my prince, has come to rescue me from the dragon called life.

Because all fairy tales have happy endings, where everyone lives happily ever after, right?

But this is life!

You never came, I never felt your arms around my pain stricken body,

The dragon spit fire in my mouth day in and out, but I kept holding on because I knew you were coming.

I fought the dragon as much as I could, because my prince was on his way.

But this is life!

I’ve accepted your absence, and have become the dragon’s slave.

Still hoping that life would end as a fairy tale.

From the Kid in Me

Happy father’s day daddy,

Thank you for all the times you lied to me.
And the times you promised to take me places, but never did.

Happy father’s day daddy,

Thank you for not protecting me when your cousin had his hands all over my body.
And for not holding me when I cried at night because I was afraid to be alone.

Happy father’s day daddy,

You are the best dead beat father in the world.

My heart beat pumps pain when this day comes around.

Looking at other girls hanging on their dad’s arm, walking with heads held high, proud of their dad.

But me, I sit on the window pane, tears flowing from my eyes.
Wishing I could be proud of you,
Wishing I knew you,
Wishing I could say happy father’s day daddy.