Usually a father figure would be someone that cares, <br />Obviously..Mine does not. <br />He'll visit once a month, <br />Not even that. <br />He questions why we'd want to speak to him, <br />Instead of saying 'I miss you.' <br />If we cry, <br />He just look right passed us, <br />And smile at his new wife and new kids. <br /> <br />A real father figure would look at his children with worry, <br />And just about dropp everything to know what's on their mind. <br />A real father figure would smile and tell his kids how proud he is, <br />Even if all we did was get a B on a homework assignment. <br />A real father figure would care enough to encourage his kids to visit him when he's a state away, <br />Instead of bribing them with their favorite things. <br /> <br />You're afraid to lose your kids, <br />So you tell them that they're going to be able to something awesome. <br />You're a childish human being, <br />You are pathetic. <br />You are wrong. <br />You should not be allowed to call yourself a father. <br /> <br />Just because you live with a woman whom you love and her two kids, <br />Doesn't mean you need to push away the four kids that are your own flesh and blood. <br />Just because we have made our own mistakes in life, <br />Doesn't mean that you should bring them up because you think you can joke about them. <br /> <br />The only father-like quality you can say that you have, <br />Is that you haven't inappropriately touched us. <br />We have left the past to the past, <br />But we can't stand this future you're putting us through. <br />You're hurting us more than you realize, <br />We're your kids, <br />Treat us like you are the real father figure you assume that you are.<br /><br />Shannon Nicole<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-father-figure/
