I hate to say it, but I can almost relate. I'm not going to say my situation is as bad as yours or worse. But it's close. My dad is home all the time, yeah, but he plays the favorites game, too. Since I'm the oldest, the oldest daughter, the smartest . . . I don't play right into his hands. I follow my mother. And he and my mom are so different . . . he doesn't take the time to know me; he doesn't get me. He wants me to be that little girl who didn't know anything, and he wants to be able to make stupid, unintelligent, clichéd jokes about being a teenager, but at this point, I don't buy into it anymore, and it bugs me. My dad thinks I'm still that girl who wears pink and likes to wear dresses all the time, but I'm not. Now I know more, and I know that he's not really a dad to me. Or to my sisters.

You summed up the feeling perfectly in the last line, and it almost made me cry, on account of the fact that I can almost relate. Nice.

Laterness,

-Paige :-)

0_0 Wow, once again. Reminds me of my brother and I. I barely see my Dad, along with my brother since he's always moving, but my dad always gives brother all the attention and just throws money at me and my sister, trying to make up for his lack of fatherly-ness. It's amazing how I relate so much to a few of these poems.

'What I want is a Daddy. '

that line is so powerful. i can understand this poem easily. and i can FEEL your pain..(that wasn't intended sarcatically either!) great work.

Powerful stuff. Reminds me of my relationship with my dad.

I liked the way ti flowed. Each stanza was done in a way that (at least the way i read it) there was no real break in between.

Great job.

Cheers.

poor thing! this obviously came straight from the heart and onto fictionpress! great job! i applaud you on how you got emotions to jump out of my screen and made me feel the pain! please keep up the great work!

that was a sad poem. i used to feel like that. it's a great poem to reflect on

*tear* I know exactly what you're talking about... it cuts deep when you're parents just don't seem to care or even want to be there... *sigh*
Great poem!!

thats really sad :( my dad sucks too

thanks for reviewing my stuff

-sam
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lost on the roof

That sucks that your dad is like that, the poem is good though, it flows well and shows a lot of emotion. I like how you wrote it and the words you used, it goes with the subject of the poem.

Great poem. Very sad though Y_Y
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Young'n'HopelessKid

...nicly written.. im sorry that your father is that way..
..im sure he does care, just has his own way of showing it..