Requardless, Poem by Adrienne Clark Strachn

DADDY WILL CALL TOMORROW
MOMMA, ALWAYS SAID
DADDY GONNA SEND THE MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS
SHE ALWAYS SAID
DADDY IS COMING OVER TO EAT WITH US
SHE ALWAYS SAID THAT TOO
MOMMA ALSO, ALWAYS WENT IN HER ROOM
PRAYED AND CRYED
I ALWAYS LISTENED TO MOM
THEN FEEL ASLEEP
WHERE WERE YOU
SHE ALWAYS FORGAVE YOU
I AM OLDER NOW,
SAVE THE DRAMA, THE LIES
I DON'T WANT HER TO BE HURT ANYMORE
JUST COME OVER SOMETIMES
YOU CAN BE A FRIEND TO ME NOW
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A DADDY
DADDIES TRY NOT TO BREAK PROMISES
I WANT TO LOVE YOU REGUARDLESS
BUT IT GETS HARD SOMETIMES
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER
SHE ALWAYS PROTECTED ME
NOT YOU
NOW I PROTECT HER
WHEN YOU GET HERE, YOU GET HERE
WE ALWAYS HAD A TABLE SETTING FOR YOU
ANYWAY
THAT WAS MOMMA'S RULE
REGUARDLESS, I STILL LOVE YOU
MAYBE I EVEN FORGIVE YOU
MOMMA'S RULE

ALWAYS FORGIVE, OR YOUR PAIN WILL
EAT YOU UP INSIDE
BY ADRIENNE CLARK STRACHN
9/07