Writing Prompt Wednesday #104

Choose a word – ‘mother’ or ‘father.’ What does that word mean to you? Mindstorm for five minutes – you might automatic write without letting your pen leave the page – and just pour out all the things the word makes you think of. Memories of parents (your own and other kids); adverts; fictional characters; images; associations. Think verbs or nouns you associate with the word (baking, the newspaper, darts, weepies, ironing, poohsticks); character-traits (reliable, stern); expectations. Write down scents or tastes or sounds you associate with your own mother or father or yourself as a mother or father. The poem will be called ‘The Mother’ or ‘The Father’. Your notes will be the basis. https://poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions/national-poetry-competition/resources/poetry-writing-prompts/

TW: Abandonment 

Father
Dear Father
You were supposed to be the one
The one man
To not break your daughter’s heart
You told her to be smart
When she put her trust into someone new
How was she supposed to know
The one she couldn’t trust was you
You bought her diamonds
To be the first
To show your love
And your devotion
And now?
Where has that devotion gone
Fast as the wind you run
When she’s not in front of you
Father
Dear Father
Why’d you change so fiercely
Your daughter says she misses you
That she doesn’t understand
What she did wrong
And why
You’ve run away