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What a Father Does


You've batter me with words

Slapped me with shouts

What kind of Father would say what you say?

What kind of Father has the cops called on him by his own daughter?

A Father does not

A Father is one who care

One who heals the wounds and closes the cuts

Not the one who cleaves out the stitches and sets fire to the flesh

No you are not a Father 

A Father would never do what you have done

You are a Fiend

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