Not Like My Father
My father and I are not close
But I am too much like him to not be
The parts of him I hate
Show up everyday inside me
I wonder who I’ve become
When I wasn’t raised by him
I only lived in his world
Been made to live by his rules
Unaware of who he was
Until I was grown enough
To have a mind of my own
Which women should not be allowed
Once I married I was given some respect
Not much, nothing really more than an ounce
I’m still a child, my mother’s child
Because my father always said he wanted boys
How strong of a woman can I be
Still holding on to this pain
As if it happened just yesterday
And it happens everyday
He decided to not act like my father
Instead he acts like a fool
Trying to teach the world a lesson
Yes, I’m sure dad
