Grew Up Thinking Poem by StaceyLeigh Olner

I grew up thinking the man I called dad was my real dad,
But that’s because you weren’t there for me,
It was the age of 10 that i found out he weren’t my real dad,
But he was as good as my dad he was there since I was little,
He adopted me he may not have kept all his promises,
And he may not have been the best even though to me he was,
But he was there and he loved me like his own,
What more could I ask for? I just want to know why you left me.
Was it because you believed what your mum, dad and your sister said?
That I weren’t yours, when I was 18months old Just starting to walk,
You saw me in the street you didn’t say hi, Instead you said something that hurt a little girl,
That I’m not your daughter I just still don’t understand why you left me,
Were you that gullible that you believed your parents and your sister?
But then if you were that gullible why didn’t you believe that I was yours?
You know I was scared to email you as I didn’t know you,
It was my friends at school that gave me the courage to email you,
They were happy that I found you but worried in case I got hurt again,
I hated you from the minute I found out you left me I still do,
I can never forget that no matter how hard I try instead I just push it away,
But I am thankful I was given another dad Mick,
Who loved me and made me his own daughter,
I only have to say 1 word and he knows if something is up.
Mick Olner has been my dad since I was little and he still is now,
He shall be the one to walk me down the aisle.