Something About The Winter Tells Me That Summer Isn'T Going To Be Any Warmer Poem by Diego Adrian Manriquez

I said we'd get through,
I said we'd stay strong,
We never really believed it and I don't see why we would,
You'd always tell us things would get better but you never really changed,
You promised to stop fighting,
But my mom is always crying,
You promised you'd make me a man,
You said a lot of things,
I don't even know if I can still call you dad,
You may call from time to time,
You tell the same lies,
It'll never get better,
I'll never be alright,
Most of the time I wish I had you to teach me,
Teach me what I needed to know,
I need to know how to be strong,
I need to know how to take care of not only me but the people I love,
I need to know how not to give up just because they tell me 'I can't do it',
You were the only person who believed in me when I needed inspiration,
You are the only person who I can't stand to look at in the eyes,
You've taught me well dad,
But I have already said goodbye.