He
He left too soon.
He didn’t leave but he never stayed.
He took me away from the only place I’ve ever known.
Back to a place I no longer call home.
He’s easily defined and anyone can play his part.
He’s the reason I look at people the way that I do.
He promised me the world without saying a word.
One look in his eyes, and I believed in him.
He’s the reason I walk without moving,
with no direction at all,
with nothing but love wrapped around my finger.
He followed in his footsteps.
What else can I say?
He’s the reason I love and the reason I hate,
and the reason my reasoning never makes any sense.
He is a fool. She is a bigger one.
She keeps her mouth shut; should I have learned to do the same?
He’s the reason I don’t know any other way to live,
so I smile at people, only inside, I don’t.
He opened up a whole new world for me.
He takes away my worries with just the sparkle in his eyes.
His laugh is the soundtrack to my life,
and he’s the only reason I haven’t given up.
(2010)
This poem is about the issues in my life that I've always had with men, and they all began with my father. Sad, but true.
