Dear "Father",

Dear "Father", 

As you yelled and threw at the woman who raised me

Things that should never be yelled or thown at a woman

I told myself I wouldn't 

Ever make the same mistakes

That made my own mother's heart break.

One, being that if they didn't make me feel special

To find someone that would hit on that level. 

Two, to find a man who would never cheat

With a random from the corner of a street.

Three, being that if they ever made me feeel lower than the ground

That the only way

Is to say

See you around.

And if a man ever hurt me the way she was

I would leave

Because I would know that would only be the eve.

Although I would normally spit at your name

Right now you aren't in blame. 

I thank you

For showing the drunken bastard.

Because now I have mastered

Spotting a man for what he may be

And to make sure not one

Will ever hurt me.

Sincerly, 

The daughter you didn't deserve.