"I am a man, and now I'm sure!" By Ben Goode 2018 (c)

You were never, there for me.
A father, you could never be.
Missing all those years, of mine.
Didn't help at any time.
Running down my Mum, that cared.
Didn't see you anywhere!
Telling all those lies you did.
Fuck I only, was a kid!
Playing mind games, every time.
Couldn't have a thought, of mine.
I feared you over many years.
Hurt and bruised, with many tears.
I ran away, you hurt me so.
You didn't care, you didn't know.
Around you always I was scared.
Never spoke up, never dared.
As a man I didn't change.
Always felt I was estranged.
Treated me like shit, you did.
Still I was a little kid?
I became a father too.
Better one. I wasn't you!
Still I felt, I couldn't show.
What a father's, meant to know.
I stood up to you, on this day.
"Grumpy bastard, go away!
You never helped me in my life.
All the heartbreak, all the strife.
Fucking useless, you have been!"
Stormed away, to close the scene.
Don't want to see you, anymore.
I am a man, and now I'm sure.