Puleng Monare
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Poem "my father":
- written January 2010
- published March 11, 2010
- viewed 43 times
Other poems by Puleng Monare:
»A woman strong«
»Alone«
»Am I beautiful?«
»happy new you«
»I miss it all«
»Ignorance«
»These are my feelings«
»why am I doing this to myself?«
Visit Puleng Monare's profile page
Poem "my father":
- written January 2010
- published March 11, 2010
- viewed 43 times
Other poems by Puleng Monare:
»A woman strong«»Alone«»Am I beautiful?«»happy new you«»I miss it all«»Ignorance«»These are my feelings«»why am I doing this to myself?«»my father«
For a long time I thought I had none,
for a long time I did not think of him
It was as if he didn't exist.
I didn't pray for him,
didn't wish to see him,
didn't want to know him
simply because he abandoned me
simply because he wanted nothing to do with me
sometimes I wonder if he ever thought of me
ever missed me
did he cry for me like I am now
did he feel lost like I do now.
Even though he was never around I still have him in my heart
I will always love him
I will always think of him
even though I don't recall much.
at least even though I'm a girl I grew up using his surname 'Monare'
my rightful name.
at least I have his name
at least I now know my family
at least I have wonderful cousins
caring aunts... even though he was no more and it was too late at least God -re-united me with the family I always longed to see!
May his soul rest in peace; it has been 6 years now.
for a long time I did not think of him
It was as if he didn't exist.
I didn't pray for him,
didn't wish to see him,
didn't want to know him
simply because he abandoned me
simply because he wanted nothing to do with me
sometimes I wonder if he ever thought of me
ever missed me
did he cry for me like I am now
did he feel lost like I do now.
Even though he was never around I still have him in my heart
I will always love him
I will always think of him
even though I don't recall much.
at least even though I'm a girl I grew up using his surname 'Monare'
my rightful name.
at least I have his name
at least I now know my family
at least I have wonderful cousins
caring aunts... even though he was no more and it was too late at least God -re-united me with the family I always longed to see!
May his soul rest in peace; it has been 6 years now.
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Maureen Direro: "Common Indeed we are my father abondoned me but he was around...just reminded me of something I thought I had buried"