Fathers Take The Hit! Yep that's what these recent years have beenAnd I know it doesn't seem fitBut no matter how far we've come in timeFather's simply aren't a hit! They're still ignored in crucial yearsWhen they need to feel they're seenBut bit by bit they fade awayUntil they're nothing but a dream Forgotten birthdaysAnd … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #248
Hopes Dashed...Yet... All my daddy hopes for youMusicMoviesLiteratureStudiesConfidantesHobbiesMaturationEmpathyCuriosityConnectedness Dashed to the rocksShattered into a million shards of......nothing. I don't know when it happenedI don't know how it happenedI don't know why it happenedBut it happenedAnd I am completely and utterly Undone Do all parents everywhereGo through the same?I wish it was soSelfish I knowBut if … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #210
Over a week ago I went to bed angry. Twice. The first night was because of a disagreement with my wife (which thankfully we sorted out the next day). The second? Anger with my firstborn. But rather than fume on my pillow (like I did the first night), resulting in nothing but sleeplessness and a … Continue reading Fathering Softer #5 — Teen Parenting Is A Car Wreck
