i wish i could have
loved you more.
i wish i
had
held
you
instead of leaving
without saying "papa,
you are a great man".
i should have held
your hand instead
of the door's.
ii.
mama says you didn't
know your daddy.
that you were
a product
of rape
.
that your mother
couldn't look
at you.
she never saw how
incredibly beautiful
you were.
she never
held you
neither.
iii.
and they stapled your
chest, said the
rest was up
to god.
i should have
prayed.
i should have begged
with my life
to be saved.
said "god almighty,
oh please,
let my papa walk again."
but i was too
old for miracles.
iv.
your wife was
a masterpiece in
your eyes.
how you cried
when the angels took her.
v.
but when they came
for you,
you were ready.
you said
oh hallelujah!
carry me home.
vi.
yet still i thought,
papa there
is no one there.
there
is
nothing.
vii.
but i was wrong,
wasn't i?
it is not the giants'
shoulders i must
stand on.
viii.
i never
planned on
writing
this
A contest entry
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All vignettes are beautiful. The raw and contemporary voice makes this piece stronger.
Vignettes is one of my favorite style of presenting a poem and I must say that you have executed yours well.
Best of luck in the contest.
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the way you write is so original and beautiful.
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too sad
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