Unsolicited Advice to Teens growing up without a father
When your father walks away,don't cry.
Because your fingers formed in the womb of your mother
before your father even knew you existed
and she carried you with pride for nine months
knowing the very day you were born
she would become a single mother.
When your father walks away,don't cry.
Just forget how a man could turn his back on his own child
or how the same blood produced in his veins
made one half of your DNA
or the first time you realized that God made no man perfect
Or question if God ever heard you in the first place
When your father walks away,don't cry.
Just learn that happily ever afters and grandmothers kisses
doesn't heal all wounds
that the ground is your friend
and catches you at every fall
or that heaven's wings
only lives on angels.
when your father walks away,don't cry.
just google the image of a perfect family
and place yourself in the portrait of a smiling child
that doesn't have the weight of a political campaign or poverty
resting on their shoulders.