WHY DADDY, WHY?


WHY DADDY, WHY

I trusted you!

You said it,

The same words

Came spewing out.

No one loves you

More than me.

Then daddy why?

How could you?

It hurt bad daddy.

You told me

You loved me.

Now today I

Am shattered, as if

Looking into an old mirror.

Reflections of your eyes

Look back at me.

Pain from years gone by

Still twist in my heart.

The rubber band

Is broken daddy,

And you broke it.

You broke me.

Why daddy, why?

Written by,

Terry  Shepherd

6/3/2015

 

 

Determination


DETERMINATION

The fence line

The tree trunk

Even the horizons

Mattered to Milly

Each morning she rose

Five minutes to stand

Ten to the bathroom

Pain written on face

She had made it

The kitchen stood

As it did the day before

Standing firm, tall, strong

The goal within Milly’s heart

Just as the fence line

The tree trunk

The horizons

Determination rose from within

Milly would make it one more day.

Written by,

Terry Shepherd

6/3/2015

 

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