Fatherly Love Poem by martyn stonehouse

Fatherly Love?

Like a lion,
I’m trapped in a cage.
Bars all around me,
So full of rage.

Teased and tormented,
Caught in a trap.
I find it hard,
To leave it all behind.

It haunts me all my life,
Night and day,
Making me angry,
Come what may.

If only you’d stopped and been so proud,
If only you’d said it out loud.

You’ve turned my life upside down,
Made me ware a permanent frown.

I’d love to love,
That person I’d rather be,
If you were only a father to me.

My legacy is pain and sorrow.
The amount of times I’ve wished I don’t see tomorrow.

I don’t know what I did to you,
For you to hate me so much.
Many of a time I’ve been in your clutch.

I look at you now a sad old man.
My time for revenge has been and gone.

I feel angry and so helpless,
I can’t change my mind,
But never the less.

I am stuck with who I am now
Try to iron out the frowns on my brow.

I hate you dad for what you did to me,
The day you die,
Is the day I will be free.

I don’t want to be your son
For what you did,
I’ll always fight for it to be undone.

All I want to do is spit in your face,
I don’t want you to be a part of the human race.

All the torment you’ve put in my head
It will be a good day,
When you’re DEAD