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Hey Dad

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WordOfChen

Published: Apr 20, 2012

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Hey Dad:

What use is there in the words you say
I'm just the one that you hate today.
Your job is bad and you're utterly blue
But did you know that I used to love you too?

Everytime we're home it's all the same
It's like you don't even know my name.
Who am I to you; daughter or son?
Or do you just treat me like everyone.

I used to think that we had a life
But now your words are just like a knife.
Since when did praise and pride turn bad
Why can't we have what we once had?

I'm tired of silence and living this way
I'd like to wake up happy someday...
I dream at night of those better times
When your eyes for me, they used to to shine.

"Dad, I miss you..."

-Chen Yuan Wen, 20th April 2012

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Arrr maties ^^, BONUS RELEASE:

Just something that I wrote back in highschool. Again, stripped flipped and rewritten into my new style.

To be honest, this is not a poem about me, I have a great relationship with my parents, but back then I knew a lot of kids who felt this way and I tried to put those feelings into words.

Sadly, I never could do that back then, but now my skill has upgraded.

As always, feel free to fave and comment, but replies will all be handled on the 24th of April. Not long to go guys, miss you all deeply T^T. I can't wait till I can get back to doing this full time.

-Captain Chenbeard of the Black Fedora Pirates