Upon Your Shelf

• Artist: Pay Upp Doll
• Description: I wrote this about my father who married my mother, got her pregnant, found out, and left. I've never met him before, though I'm not sure if I want to or not. It'd be nice, but I dont' expect to. He said he didn't want anything to do with me, so why bother?
• Date: 07/21/2008
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There I am,
Upon your shelf.
I'm so afraid.
I'm by myself.

I have a father.
I dreamed of him last night.
I know his name; Curtis.
At least, I think that's right.

There I am.
Upon your shelf.
I face my fears.
All by myself.

I don't know you,
So how could I miss you?
Part of me says I should,
The other says it'll hurt if I do.

There I am,
Upon your shelf.
You're never there,
So I'm by myself.

And along comes my mother,
Her long hair, her blue eyes.
She tells me about him,
I know she wouldn't lie.

She says he was a letdown.
God's artwork at his worst.
She said his greasy hair was nasty,
And his stomach about to burst.

She says he was nothing.
Just some left over debris.
And when she tells me this,
I know she really loves me.

There I am,
Upon your shelf.
I finally see that
I'm not by myself.

Comments

[J a r e n ii e]

nice =D

[-Hunny-Roasted-Crack-]

Clara i love it im going 2 cry it was so good! you hav 1 of the best poems i've read.

[Snazzy_Sox]

i love it <3
my father left to but we have him paying child support :]
i dont really miss him cause im doing fine with my mom, this is a very powerful poem :]

[Am Flur Briste]

This is wonderful, and I understand were you are coming from. I was a year and half when my father left.

[Deepthroat Massacre]

This is really good biggrin
I could never come up with anything like this.