My Father

This poem was written for Scott Wood’s LiveJournal writing prompt (“Write a poem inserting the phrase: ‘I love you, but I can’t see you right now’”). The subject matter was partially inspired by the prompt on Simply Snickers, but the poem specifically for that prompt needs to be written still.

-Nicole
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I love you, but I can’t see you right now.
You are an enigma from beyond the grave;
the facts of your life you never allowed
yourself to reveal. In order to save

your image and essence in my mental
hard drive, I stare at your photographs. They’ve
given me, though, no clue to your parental
absence. I have nothing else of you, save

those pictures, your legal paper trail, and
Mom’s and my memories; I am a slave
to stories passed to me like second-hand
clothing which I still sort through. I forgave

you, but I still need to know – who am I?
Decoding you is where my answers lie.

Written 6/9/08
© Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.

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