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Teacher of Destruction

I recall of him
One happy memory.
"You are my sunshine"
The song, he would sing to me.

Before the bottle took him
I  would remain his 'little girl';
As well a child of  his love
And very  proud to be,

But as the years passed by
We would slowly drift apart.
No more pancakes on Sunday morning;
no longer would  I feel
He was a part of me.
Sadly, he would no longer
hold a place in my heart.

Liquid courage would fill  his every conversation;
Many important dates were missed.
Harsh  memories  would become  replaced
By the few good ones, previously cherished.


Little did I know
I would later follow him
And become the spitting image
Of his self-destruction.

Twenty-one years of  hiding from the truth
Is what it took
For me to see beyond his faults and negligence;
And learn to appreciate
what he would later give to  me;

A pair of open arms,
A safe return from my despair;
A midst a storm of self-righteous anger
He would finally be there.

To teach me
A lesson
in forgiveness.


copyright(c)
Mar.2007
Deanna Prall



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