6.18.2017 [in abstensia]

I didn’t listen to my
dad, angry ashamed
dismissive
I wanted nothing to
do with him
even at the end

with years the distance
lessens now
aware that maybe
he didn’t know how
nor did I

and maybe just maybe
he was part of why I
changed. and my grown
children talk with me.

thank you dad
in abstensia.

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