A Mirror Poem by Kurt Philip Behm

A Mirror



Looking into my face,
I see my father's eyes

Staring back with contempt,
through a thousand why's

Looking into those eyes,
trading fear for pain

My birthright rejected
—paternity's shame

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August,2017)

Saturday, August 12, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: paternity
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