When I was younger and the notes stopped
The yellow paged notebook was not ready
There was no more letters to send
I think I expected someone to return homeI was too small to know the adult chatter
That I'm sure explained it swiftly
There was another family to build, tend to
One where he was not a man of mistakesWhere he could build on a house half built
Same size as the one before
But new address, new street meant he was
A new man, a free manLike a child he took the phrase "a new start"
In all sense of the word
Like the child I was, I took it to the chin
No sense in feeling sad, I wouldn't be heardI know there is a love
So pure and strong,
it goes against all time and reason
Against all odds and far beyondI know I was shown my father once again
One Promising to be better,
one believing half heartedly
Both are now moving on againWhat could I have done
as both a child and adult,
That would warrant such little consideration
Such reckless and repeated abandonmentI cried when I realized, history did repeat
I almost blamed myself, still do some days
But I held my ground and left with
As much grace as one couldUsing the strength my mother stored in her
Saving it for me, so I would know better
That I could do better than a man like father
We deserved better than his belittling treatmentI walk away for us both
I will heal and build for myself
And I will live for every moment I have left
Preserving a bit of strength for those to come- Sarcoline
BINABASA MO ANG
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