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i talked to my dad in a dream.

a poem about a conversation i'll never have in real life.

By alayna doyalPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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i talked to my dad in a dream.
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my dad asks me to tell him

why i doubt permanence and i

do not dare tell him it’s one of

the repercussions i have

to face as a result of

his actions.

instead, i say a lot of what

i want feels out of reach,

and i stop there.

i don’t draw the parallel for

him. i don’t explain that i

wanted to be a girl who

had a father. i don’t

tell him he was

always out

of reach.

and he doesn’t put the pieces

together himself. he doesn’t realize

that a lot of what i spend my time

unlearning is everything that

he taught me with his

absence.

he cannot recognize that

i am constantly trying

to undo what he

has done.

sad poetry
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alayna doyal

hi, i'm alayna.

i'm a poet ☽

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