A Life Alone

As always, I stare through the bright dawn mist
Just waiting, waiting for you to appear
I would never in my life ask for this
And I wish you could for once, my words, hear.

The pain you've inflicted hurts far too deep
I can sense your breath on the morning deew
I can never rise from this age-old sleep
And I realise that now I hate you.

You left me to bear this sad life alone
And I never thought, as a child, I could
You never stayed around too much at home
As a father, you must've thought you should.

I'm left here with the broken remnants of
A life I've led without a father's love.