Father

you’re so toxic

that your words burn holes in my skin

you’re so spiteful that i pity you

i know you’re a troubled man

and i understand that you

have this ability to think you know everything

but i bet you didn’t see this storm coming

the one where i hide at the mention of your name

the one where the dust has not yet settled

you caused this war between my mind and soul

you took my childhood away

haunting my head and distracting my happiness

it’s because of you

that i was inconsolable

at 3am most nights

you think you’ve broken me

but i have a fire in my belly

and i will continue to extinguish you

you forced me away

because you couldn’t handle

the responsibility of being my dad

crawl back to the hell you came from

and never breathe my name again