A Song To Father
Joey Chaney 2001 (NC)
Here you are, thou pain doth spread
over your heart, without drink or bread
Ever the forgotten, you have made me.
do you know, the shadow I’ll be?
Let me go, release me from this game:
forget and forgive, says the virgin dame
Prithee to your heart, please just say truth
you never cared ‘bout your babe, show
proof
Mirth and joy, these things you give not;
i stand and i fall, but i give what i’ve got
Ever the day, ever the night.
how can you understand my plight?
About this poem
The authors father left early in his life, never taking the initiative to treat the author as a son of his. His entire life, the author has felt the sting of a missing parent, never feeling the warmth of love, least of all when the father had another son whom he does obviously love in a way he never loved the author.
Written on July 10, 2022
Submitted on July 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AA BB CC XXX DD EE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 498 |
Words | 101 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2 |
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