Listen Poem by Racina Rodriguez

He never listens to me
I scream so loud,
I swear,
I might just lose my voice,
But he won’t
LISTEN
Won’t listen to what his little precious girl is saying
He says he’s my father
But how can he be?
Fathers take the time to,
LISTEN
And not try to tie their daughter up like some dumb stray mutt
He tries so hard to rein me,
Like a wild horse he can’t control
He doesn’t understand
Because he just won’t,
LISTEN
to me
Though I ask him,
he just keeps trying to hold onto my reins
What he doesn’t realize is the reins have slipped from his fingers
And that I am,
GONE
No longer his perfect little daughter no more
I am,
the wild horse he will never catch,
because he never
LISTENED…