I'm sitting in my bedroom
My photo album open on the bed
Though there's a thousand pictures
I see only you within my head
See this picture from last summer
Me wrapped inside your arms
A feeling I can scarce remember
Being totally safe from harm
A hundred tears spill from my eyes
And smear the picture's ink
Hysteria blurs my mind
I have no room to think
Daddy, why'd you have to leave me?
Why'd that gun take you away?
You have no idea how much I miss you
I live through Hell each and every day
I throw the album to the floor
The pictures fly and scatter
Mom soon comes knocking
Asking me what's the matter
She must have forgot the date
I scream for her to go away
I just sob into my pillow
Cry away this Father's Day
Author notes
Option number three. My name's chasingwhiterabbits.
A contest entry
- OPTIONS GALORE AND LOTS OF POINTS--extended! by Viyanna Rosemarie.
2000 points, ended September 21, 2008, 20 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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This is really strong and the imagery is really beautiful. On the third to last paragraph if you just make it 'each day' it would flow better but if its the way it is for a reason because its personal then feel free to ignore my suggestion. Beautiful writing! Nice piece!
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i love this poem the rhyme is amazing you cleary and wonderfully tell a story good luck and great write
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Tells a story taht I'm sure many children throughout the world are going through nowadays particularly with the sad state of affair of the current world; made for a powerful read. Best of luck in the contest!
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thank you for updating your author notes.
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i need you to reread the rules and follow all of the instructions. thank you for sharing this with me today by entering my contest and i am looking forward to reading more from you in the near future. viyanna rosemarie
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I fixed it.
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this is a really touching poem.
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Thank you! I'm glad you think so.
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