Elegy for my Father

I never really knew you

I’ve been mourning since conception

The tears I shed today will only add to my collection

Of I love you’s you didn’t say

And of time spent by the door

Counting the passing seconds

But of course, you never came

You’ll remain my only villain

You’re just faded Sega games

Thrown at pastel plastered ceilings

By an angry adolescent

Compressing his bastard feelings