Dear Daddy,

I wish you loved me

I wish you loved me but your drunken laugh

I wish you loved me but your drunken laugh and the way you leave every night

I wish you loved me but your drunken laugh and the way you leave every night says otherwise

I wish you cared

I wish you cared enough to stay here

I wish you cared enough to stay here and not go to jail

I wish you cared enough to stay here and not go to jail do you care?

I wish you wouldn't

I wish you wouldn't hit me when I make mistakes

I wish you wouldn't hit me when I make mistakes falling to the ground

I wish you wouldn't hit me when I make mistakes falling to the ground all my fault

I wish that,

I wish that, since the day mommy left

I wish that, since the day mommy left it wasn't all you could do

I wish that, since the day mommy left it wasn't all you could do to cry

I wish mommy

I wish mommy was still here whispering in my ear

I wish mommy was still here whispering in my ear "everything will be okay"

but nothing is okay.

I wish you didn't lock me outside

I wish you didn't lock me outside and tell me and scream

I wish you didn't lock me outside and tell me and scream through the glass door

"IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!"

I wish that

I wish that you didn't rip

I wish that you didn't rip my teddy bear

I wish that you didn't rip my teddy bear to shreds my last thing from mommy before she left

I wish you wouldn't come home at night

I wish you wouldn't come home at night late, late night

I wish you wouldn't come home at night late, late night and scream her name

I wish you wouldn't come home at night late, late night and scream her name loud, and they take you away

I wish that you didn't blow

I wish that you didn't blow smoke in my face

I wish that you didn't blow smoke in my face and say

I wish that you didn't blow smoke in my face and say to me: "You're worthless."

I wish

I wish that everytime you said

I wish that everytime you said those things

I wish that everytime you said those things I didn't believe them.

I wish that it wasn't

I wish that it wasn't all my fault that mommy

I wish that it wasn't all my fault that mommy is gone and isn't

I wish that it wasn't all my fault that mommy is gone and isn't coming back.

Love,

Love, Your Daughter