Growing up without a father.
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Pockety pockety
Bouncing on your knee
Then silence
Checks and birthday cards in the mail
Christmas gifts
More silence
Girl to woman
Lost and confused
Looking for answers
Silence
All grown up
Unsolicited advice and growing resentment
Broken promises
Lack of effort and complacency all around
Phone rings
Jump on a plane
Last chance for reconciliation
Only chance for goodbye
Hope wells up inside
Piarco Airport
I see Mummy’s face
And know that you are gone
Burst into tears
For all that is lost
And all that never was nor will be
The silence is familiar
But it doesn’t comfort me
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