You're Not My Father

• by Kristin K. Hudson
• 4 years ago

I'm so glad I was able to find my poem again after so long. Thank you for everyone's kind words. In 2012, my maternal older brother paid for my father’s bus ticket to spend a week where I live and meet me for the first time since I was a baby. I wasn't expecting him when my brother and him walked in. We spent a couple days together. I wasn't expecting it to be great. I knew not to get my hopes up. By the end of his stay, I was glad he was going home. He was polite but still hadn't changed and not my cup of tea. We occasionally talk, but no relationship has really formed. My kids don't know him and that's fine with me. I have a stepdad who's been there for me and absolutely adores my kids. I also have the greatest Father in Heaven. My Lord and Savior. I'm happy to say I've forgiven my father and I have let all that hate go.

• by Sinelethu Luyenge
• 8 years ago

My father left me when I was 3 months, and I found him when I was 12 years. I thought he was happy by seeing me this much older, but he was pretending as if he was happy until he disappeared again. It's so sad growing up without both parents.

• by Reawna Brown
• 10 years ago

I totally relate to this poem. When I was only 2 years old my dad left me.

• by Soy Verde
• 11 years ago

This is a sad poem, it almost made me cry. It was as if though it had been written by my own child(ren). You see I did the same but tried to stay in their lives and because of one person my relationship was severed. Not that I blame anyone only me. I always prayed that when they found the truth their opinion about me would change, but, alas, it has not. Before I was dealing with children, now I am dealing with adults who are still hurt by things that were true and not true. If the children are hurting because of their father, trust me when I say the father too is hurting...How do you move forward? You have to forgive the past.

• by Annie, Maryland
• 12 years ago

My father has left about 4 times and I can relate to this I don't know where he is and I haven't been in contact with him in 2 years I know what its like wishing that man wasn't your father. thank you for writing this:)

• by Kylee M.
• 12 years ago

This poem describes exactly how I feel about my "father". I guess some of us just get the short end of the straw when it comes to fathers but I gained a different dad who has made my world such a better place and I've gained the ability to be a stronger and better person because of it.

• by Jade, North Carolina
• 12 years ago

I feel the exact same way! This poem inspires me, he doesn't deserve you and I don't see why he doesn't love you because you seem like a very intelligent person. Don't weep over him, take it from me I have had a really bad childhood and it's all my dads fault! Sometimes I wonder why God didn't save me and take me away... But then I realized that if God took me away from my dad then I wouldn't be the person I am today.