you turned your back on us <br />just learning how to walk <br />one's who had no voice <br />you walked away. <br /> <br />we never spoke of you <br />like you didn't exist <br />it was an unspoken rule <br />'don't rock the boat'. <br /> <br />you never rocked me <br />or held me, or read to me <br />no lullabies <br />no verse. <br /> <br />how does it feel? <br />can you comprehend? <br />you tried so broken down <br />to mend, but <br />it was too late <br />i had already fallen <br />to pieces. <br /> <br />cowering behind the music <br />handwritten cards <br /> 'Love Dad'. <br /> <br />now i lay me down to sleep <br />i cradle myself, still stinging <br />from your exit wound.<br /><br />L. K. Thayer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/exit-10/
