Stranger

He said he wasn't happy

The responsibility of Pappy

Weighted too much to bear

So he packed his case

Smile on his face

About his family, not a care

He left them there

Accounts were bare

and made his way merry

Without a doubt

He took his out

And hopped his Father's ferry

After his convenient save

He arrived at the cave

Of stupidity, greed, and play

His pleasure rose with ease

As his abandoned family's needs

went unfulfilled with every passing day

The walls all crashed

This man made a dash

He escaped with little harm

It had not gone as thought

Lonely and distraught

He became alarmed

But then he remembered

"I left two family members"

Now that he had his fun

He started down the road

Confident and bold

He'd be welcomed by everyone

Now he took the time

To check his family was fine

But they wouldn't let him in

He returned to them now gone

Not dead just moved on

That house no longer home for him

He knew what he had done

Lost love for finite fun

When he should have shown devotion

"What's gone is what would have been"

She said when she looked at him

Closing the door without the slightest emotion.

He walked away and said

"With my heart I should have been lead"

As he looked at his feet

His child watched him leave

This time he got to see

This man who tossed him aside

If they had let him in

Forgive his selfish sin

He certainly would have lied

About his reasons for leaving

Calculated and deceiving

No apology even tried

Instead the door stays closed

He walks the weary road

Alone hoping for a ride

His family laugh and play

as he walks away

Knowing he should have stayed by their side.