Dear Daddy

Written for 'once upon a poem' - Hansel and Grettel question their fathers motives

What weakness of character

allows you to decieve

two motherless children

on the whim of a harlot?

What had she to offer

that you would deem it acceptable

to leave loved ones in such peril.

We had thought you loved us,

a devoted ,if distant, father

and yet here you are leading us

with false cheer, on another 'ramble'

into the woods.

What will you tell people?

How will you explain our loss?

And when you return to the

arms of that witch

will you tell yourself

that you had no choice,

dear Daddy, NO CHOICE !!

You won't be the first man

to tell himself such lies,

but you were our man

and we had hoped for better.

Author's Note

just a go at writing from fairy tale character point of view

Reviews

[riskrapper]

wow thats powerful stuff
the ardor seems to suggest autobiography
more the fantasy
good stuff