Jenna's Poem to her Dad
My daughter just brought me this poem she wrote last night. Man, is she mad at her dad.
Butt-Hole by Jenna
Dad, I love you
Do you love me too?
Do you know how much
you make me hate you?
You make me sad,
then you make me mad.
How can you call
yourself a dad?
Each visit between us
gets longer and longer.
But it's Ok. I'm a little girl.
It will only make me stronger.
What's wrong with you?
Do you have a condition?
Or is making me sad
your number one mission?
It's OK, it's alright.
I don't totally hate you.
But a dad, from now on,
I shall never EVER call you.
Whew. Little Girl is pissed off. Her dad hasn't seen her for over 2 months now and he just lives across town. So, I don't blame her. It started when he married his latest wife and has gotten progressively worse. She and Jenna don't get along very well so he tries to avoid the whole situation and Jenna is the one who suffers. This has been brewing for a while now. I think it's time for me to step in whether I like it or not. I haven't gotten into it so far because I'm afraid I might beat her ass. Oh well, I guess it'll make for good blogging if I do. If you want some history on her, read Dead Girl Walking.
Butt-Hole by Jenna
Dad, I love you
Do you love me too?
Do you know how much
you make me hate you?
You make me sad,
then you make me mad.
How can you call
yourself a dad?
Each visit between us
gets longer and longer.
But it's Ok. I'm a little girl.
It will only make me stronger.
What's wrong with you?
Do you have a condition?
Or is making me sad
your number one mission?
It's OK, it's alright.
I don't totally hate you.
But a dad, from now on,
I shall never EVER call you.
Whew. Little Girl is pissed off. Her dad hasn't seen her for over 2 months now and he just lives across town. So, I don't blame her. It started when he married his latest wife and has gotten progressively worse. She and Jenna don't get along very well so he tries to avoid the whole situation and Jenna is the one who suffers. This has been brewing for a while now. I think it's time for me to step in whether I like it or not. I haven't gotten into it so far because I'm afraid I might beat her ass. Oh well, I guess it'll make for good blogging if I do. If you want some history on her, read Dead Girl Walking.
posted by Sherri @ 1:35 AM
7 Comments:
At 2:15 PM,
Kav said…
That is messed up Sherri. Dad sounds kinda spineless, if you don't mind me saying so (I read your Dead Girl Walking post). Even if Linzi and I were broken up, I would never let another partner talk to my child like that. Surely her (Pristie's) attitude to his flesh and blood is enough to make him reconsider why he's with her? I would go fucking ballistic about this. Be cool though. I would maybe take a day to think it through, how you're gonna approach things. Then again, I am just a random person off the internet...
;-)
At 8:46 AM,
Anonymous said…
As much as we try to stay out of it and let them form their own opinions of the step moms and dads, sometimes, it's just time to step up! You're right, you should say something - It hurts to see them put through this!
Poor little baby - **hugs** to you both
At 9:08 AM,
NeverEnough said…
Damn!! That's a nicely written poem for a teenage girl! It would kill me to see my daughter having that much rage though. I don't know what I'd do. Have you shown it to her dad yet?
At 1:17 PM,
Dark Damian said…
She looks just like her mom. And if she acts anything like her mom, her dad better be wearing a cup when he sees her again. Right across town, and won't see her. He's burning up the best years for him to really bond with her. I hope what he's getting instead is worth it.
But somehow, I doubt that.
At 4:31 AM,
Kav said…
You haven't appeared since you posted this...have you gone on a homicidal rampage? ;-)
At 7:10 PM,
Boobless Brigade Master said…
Ahhhh...my heart just breaks for her.
I went through exactly this same thing growing up.
My father never did change and we ended up parting ways and I never spoke to him again after the age of 16.
He tried to get in touch with me (via my brother who still kept in contact with him) when I had my daughter. Begging to reconnect so he could be a part of his grand-daughters life.
Yeah. That didn't happen. The prerequiste for being a Grandfather is being a Dad first, which he never was.
I've had several people over the years tell me I should forgive him and reconnect before something bad happens.
What they never understood is that there was never anything to forgive really.
He was horrible. I decided one day that if I didn't care anymore, he couldn't hurt me anymore. It was as simple as that.
Yep. Sucked not having a father. Still does sometimes. Life goes on. Thankful for the family members I do have.
I have nothing to regret...he may have...but I don't.
Feel free to share my story, warn her Dad that he may not want to go down the same path my father did. It would be his loss far more than it would ever be hers.
Give her hug...let her know she's not alone:(
At 9:32 PM,
Sherri said…
Kav - He is spineless and I did go ballistic right after it happened.
j - I'm going to make him read it, definately.
Katie - I tried to give her the chance to tell her dad how she feels and see if he would respond to that. He just took it as her being disrespectful. He doesn't like confrontation. I used to call him "the great avoider". I'm gonna have to corner him and make him deal with this.
Neverenough - She's written poems since the 3rd grade. It kills me to see her use one of her poems to say this, though. I am going to have him read it.
DD - A cup, face shield and full body armor.
About the new wife, he's very unhappy and has talked about leaving her. I just hope he does it before it's too late for Jenna.
Kav - Not yet but you may wanna be checking my local news for the next few days for the story about me:)
BBM - My dad went away when before I was a year old. I saw him when I was 7, 9, 21 and 25 and haven't see him since then. The last two were because of my efforts and he lives just 40 miles away. I stopped caring too so I know how you feel.
Jenna's dad's father moved away from him and never saw him very much either. He promised, when I was pregnant with Jenna, that he would never do that to her. He KNOWS how it feels too and he knows he's screwing up.
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