My father is a good man
My father is a kind man
My father is a loving man
My father held open arms for me
My father has cared for my partners
My father says the person you love becomes a child of mine, no matter what.
My father helps strangers and tells no one
My father gives to his community
My father is an ethical employer
My father hugged my sister when she came out as trans
My father said “this is hard” but grew and learned and tried
My father is a good man
I cannot look at him today.
We sit in the same room for hours and I cannot say a word
I do not know how to say “I love you and you hurt me, and worse
you hurt my sister and she is the person in this world I love the most”
He asks if he can make me dinner. I can not eat.
We will sit and watch reruns of the car show we watched when I was ten
he will say “Goodnight kiddo, love you”
I will say “Love you too”
because I do.
