A long letter overdue

by StarGirl   Dec 6, 2008


I wonder where time goes.
I wish I could pull it out of a box and spend it like cash.
A dollar for the first time we met,
A hundred for the first and only forehead kiss.

I never got to be your daughter.
You never got to be my father.
Yet, I still cry when John Mayer sings.
I don't blame you for anything.

I want to cash in my chips
be here now, while time passes by.
We've missed too many firsts together.
I want to know the person I've been told I'm so much alike.

I miss you dad.

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  • 15 years ago

    by Minkus

    5/5. I'm no sap, but this poem was full of emotion. Quite powerful. I like how your poems progress and culminate, with each stanza differing from the one before it. So good... I'm going to look at some others of yours and maybe add you to my favorites :)

  • 15 years ago

    by isabel

    Your poem is really sweet... It is deep and has a lot of emotion in it...
    The metaphor of "cash" is intersting... I would never think of relating time and money, though...
    The flow is a little bit off in a couple stanzas that became too long, but it is not a big problem...
    The contrast with the title ("long letter"/short poem) is also very nice...

    *keep on*
    isabel

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