Dear Dad

Remember when I was the biggest daddy's girl?

Or when I'd cheer on the Vikings every Sunday with you? 

Do you remember the time i went to work with you?

I felt like the speicalist kid in the entire world. 

Do you rememeber when you were my hero and I'd look up to you?

Then one day you left.

I was 6 years old and all the sudden my dad was gone. 

I'd only hear from you on holidays and on my birthday,

then only a couple holidays and my birthday, only my birthday, and finally not at all.

One day you were completely gone.

Why did you leave?

Because I was a girl and not a boy?

Was it because you now have a son with another woman and no longer need me around? 

Is it because I have a blood disorder so I can only do noncontact sports like dance, instead of football?

I'm grown up now dad.

I don't have anyone to scare the boys.

You aren't here to show me things, or teach me to drive.

One day you wont be there to walk me down the aisle. 

One day I'll walk myself. 

You left dad.

You're gone. 

This poem is about: 
Me
My family

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