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Just Listen
  No matter how many
  Times I apologize you never
  Believe me,
  Maybe you can’t,
  Maybe you don’t want to;
  I don’t know what one it is or if
  Its even one of those.
  I wish for one thing from you,
  You don’t know what it
  Is because you never asked
  Or cared,
  The thing I wish for is
  Your Ears.
  Why because then you would
  Always have to listen to me
  No matter what.
  Maybe then things would
  Be different, I don’t
  Know because it’ll never
  Happen.
  I remember when I was 5
  And a half and you
  Came home from
  Overseas, I didn’t recognize
  You, that kills me,
  But that's not where I was
  Going, where I was
  Going was, you usually
  Listened to me,
  You trusted me,
  You showed how much you loved me.
  You’re a good Dad sometimes,
  But no one’s perfect;
  But mark my words NEVER will I EVER
  Raise my kids the way I was.
  My childhood is what shaped
  Me, so I wouldn’t change it,
  Not at all, but it won’t
  Be like that for
  My kids.
  You, only you, were my
  Inspiration and in some areas
  Still are,
  But now there are other
  People that pick up the
  Slack where you
  Half-assed the job.

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