BuiltWithNOF
RESPONSIBILTY
TOM, TOM, THE SON OF A GUN,
BREED THE GIRL AND AWAY HE RAN,
SHE WAS LEFT TO STRUGGLE ON HER OWN,
DEPENDED ON SHELTER AT HER PARENT’S HOME,
LOVE WAS SWEET; FOR A CHILD THERE WAS NO PLAN,
THE RESPONSIBILITY INVOLVED THEY DIDN’T UNDERSTAND.
 
CHO.
PLEASURE MADE YOU BROUGHT A CHILD HERE,
NEVER CHECK THE CONSEQUENCE BEFORE YOU GO THERE,
NOW THE CHILD IS BORN YOU PACKED UP AND RAN,
TOLERANCE FOR DEADBEAT FATHERS, I HAVE NONE!
 
HE DIDN’T VISIT HER IN HER STATE OF PREGNANCY,
HE WAS ENJOYING LIFE IN MIAMI; LIVING IN LUXURY.
WHILE SHE WAS OUT THERE LONELY AND CONFUSED,
NEW PLACE, NEW LIFE AND NEW WOMAN HE CHOOSE.
HE NEVER THOUGHT OF HER; NEVER SENT HER A DIME,
WHILE DRIVING FANCY CARS AND DRINKING EXPENSIVE WINE.
 
LIFE WAS HARD BUT SHE KNEW SOMETHING WAS IN STORE,
SHE WORKED HARD, SOMETIMES CLEANING PEOPLE’S FLOOR.
EVERY NOW AND THEN SHE WAS ASKED, “WHERE IS MY FATHER?”
SHE ALWAYS ANSWERED, DON’T WORRY, “HERE IS YOUR MOTHER!”
ONE DAY HE CAME TO SEE THE LONG LOST CHILD THAT HE HAD,
WALKED AWAY IN TEARS WHEN HE HEARD, “I DON’T NEED A DAD.”

 

[Home] [About] [Contact Us] [Poetry] [My Poetry] [Featured Poem] [User Poems] [Three Poems] [Events] [Guidelines] [Legal]