I Wish I Had Told You
Real Poetic's Spilt Milk Challenge Entry
I wish I had told you
When you were still you
How much I hated
The too much pints you
The falling asleep,
Face-planting a curry
The drenched jeans
Weekend in
Weekend out
Now I can tell you
You don't remember
Damn, Dementia, Damn
Damn, Damn, Damn
Along with your
eclectic taste in music
I inherited
Your addictive personality
So, thank you for that
Dad
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Thanks for reading!
I feel this is self-explanatory.
It is another entry for the Spilt Milk Challenge run by Real Poetic, which you can find out more about here:
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Paul Stewart
Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.
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I do not know what I was expecting but it wasn't this. A hard hitting powerful piece.
Very relatable, I bet this was cathartic!
Definitely self explanatory! It must have been hard for you to write this 🍩🥐
Wow - Power- filled. And vivid! We all have dispositions to certain things but we can choose what we want to do & be to an extent (if only it were that easy though I know.) I’m not being very helpful, but I was transfixed by this piece!😔 Good luck in this challenge. I notice you have a few entries. I only just saw RP’s challenge today. Best wishes sent!!!!
For me, it's mom. Why is it always the irritating, annoying, negative traits we seem to inherit? (And why couldn't I have inherited my father's easy-going, outgoing manner?)
Well done, powerful and direct💙Anneliese
We have similar dads. 😕 Great submission for the challenge. There are some things we can never get closure for, because people can’t or won’t acknowledge how their actions impacted others.
Wow, a challenging relationship, to be sure. This was written well!