Thanks Dad

I stare at you, but you don’t notice.
The tears in my eyes start to create waterfalls.
I sniff.
You turn your head towards mine, I panic.
Flinching the other way acting as if I didn’t want you to notice.
But I did.
A glimpse of crystal on my cheek catches your eye.
I want you to wrap your arms around me, tell me its ok, tell me you’re not going to leave.
You look at me with pity.
Ashamed of my tears? Ashamed of my weakness?
Or ashamed of the pain you’ve bestowed upon me, upon this family?
Abandon us and forever be gone.
No more shall I remember the fights!
No more shall we hear your roar!
Like a dictator, we became your prisoners.
We deal with your wrath no longer!
Leave us with the memories burned into our skulls.
He walked out the door with bags in hand, no longer our dictator, no longer our family, no longer our father.