When she thinks
Of her father
She does not want to taste
Bitterness and
The emptiness he left
She wants
The sweet taste
Of lime and
Strawberry soda
And a comforting arm
Around her shoulders
When she thinks
Of her father
She does not want to see
Tears and
Running mascara
She wants to see
Smiles
And more smiles
When she thinks
Of her father
She does not want to feel
Refusal
And abandonment
She wants to feel
Happy
And loved
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Painful Truths
PoetryLife asked Death, "Why do people love me but hate you?" and Death replied, "Because you are a beautiful lie and I am a painful truth." (completed) Well. Poems, if you could call them that. Just rambled and rushed night time thoughts. Some of these a...
