Challenge
describe your relationship with your father in a poem
do you have daddy issues, or was your father's absence never an issue because he was always there? (tag me)
even so,
Thick-skinned,hard-headed
over critical perfectionist,
wore oil-stained
workman clothes
and ruled 4 kids with iron fist.
Fathered young
loved to cook
took us cycling every week,
raised by belt
couldn’t read or write
but worked damn hard for us kids.
No love expressed
no hugs at night
his whole life
spent in sacrifice,
he didn’t always
get it right
but even so,
I still love him.