Anger

My shame
At having you
As my father
Has become
Anger
Directed towards myself
For failing my children
In the same ways
You failed me

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This poem is from the book A Requiem For What Could Have Been: Poetry For The Broken

Angry

i’m angry
at you
for not being
more
like me

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This poem is from the book Bound To The Wings Of A Butterfly