(This poem was performed at the LVPL Teen Poetry Slam in April 2012.)
As I sit and wonder
I ask myself why he had to die
Taken at the hands of a drunk
In that very moment my heart sunk
But who was the drunk
A secret I swore I would never reveal
But here on this paper my heart spills
That drunk was my father
All that I had
And now that he's gone
I'm just suddenly sad
My best friend
And my dad
If you could see me now what would you say
Looking at your daughter with tears rolling down her face
