Will You Come Back
1 min readJan 28, 2023
Mum said you were soft, tender, and caring
In the distant past
That version of you is an absolute stranger to me
The version of you I know is the one that flips mum’s head in a tub
Till she chokes underneath the raging waters
And you repeat the process until she passes out in gasps
I saw my reflection in your rear-view mirror
As you zoomed off from our lives on Christmas eve
I crawled behind crying dada, dada, dada
It’s been 20 years since we last saw
And I am still crawling behind in search of a father figure
I sought a father in our neighbor and now my belly houses a life of his
He has denied our seed zooming off just like you did
I don’t want my child to go about seeking a father just like me
Will you come back?
