The Two for Tuesday prompt at Poetic Asides comprises two prompts: Letter and Recipe. Since I’m not good at cooking, I chose letter.
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Letter to Daddy
Although you’ll never read this,
I think I have to ask
Some questions that have
Been burning my mind
For a long time
For over twelve years, to be precise.
Starting on along this road
Did you remember to take
My smiles with you
And the memory of hugging me?
Do you still keep them,
Or have you forgotten all
About me and how I
Depended on you in everything?
Remembering you is never hard
Do you remember me?
Crying for you is always easy,
Where do my tears go?
Can you really hear my voice
When I speak up,
As old wives’ tales warn me?
I put all this in writing
On a computer screen
Which you have never seen
And which cannot be
Stained with tears
As paper does.
I write because
I’m still alive
And want to remember
And fancy you
Remember me.
© Soul Mary