Letter for Dad

_05.07.2024, for Dad, from your son

The past consumes my daylight,

He suffers, yelling, punching,

Mom screams, cries, can't leave,

I panic, hide, bleeding.

Please, can you stop!

Can I have my dad?

I just want to be your son.

Walking upstairs without a word,

Screaming, panic

continuing.

Dad

Now I see you,

At the age same as you,

walking same paths of self-destruction,

because our dark past consumes daylight,

But darkness is a concept