Dad Poem by Ryan Monroe

what do you see?
i doubt you truly see me
you see failure and incompetence
you have done nothing but destroy my confidence

i have done nothing wrong
i try to write my own song
to be myself and not you
every time ill kneel at the pew

i will never be what you have become
within me flows the disease and scum
purge my body cleanse my mind
ill never look back im leaving it all behind

you are a plague and a curse
dragging me down with no reverse
the damage is done the hurt is dealt
there is no fixing how ive felt

i hate what youve done
the comparing to your 'number one'
screw him. im me and me only
by the time you notice your gonna be lonley

ill be gone and youll be forgotten
left in the ground dead and rotten
buried in a shallow grave alone and cold
you will have nothing but dirt to hold