My Memory

It haunts me day after day
Like a horrible troublesome ghost
A long lost memory I thought I forgot
It's the scariest of the most

I have memories that are horrible
Some aren't as bad as others
This one I feel is the worst
It even strikes fear into others

This memory I carry now
Only one person truly knows
Of what this memory is
We both wish it would go

It's a horrible memory for me
And he hates to see me suffer
This memory is from when I was little
It makes me suffer like no other

I remember when I was younger
Everything seemed to go so well
And then that day came...
I felt like I had failed

I thought I had done something wrong
My dad had left me all alone
Truly I thought it was my fault
For many years that's what I'd known

I blamed myself for him leaving
And I hated myself every day
But then I found something out...
I had done nothing that day

The day that my dad left...
I hadn't done anything
To cause him to leave
I really had done nothing

Now I don't worry about it
I had done nothing wrong
To make my dad leave
I wish I had known that all along...

*~*This is a true story*~*