Dad said, Mum said

I tried to write my first poem recently for my writing class. It's titled, Dad said, Mum said.

Dad said, mum said it was okay

Dad said, mum said she knew

Dad said, look at what she left me with

Dad said, I didn't expect this from you.

Mum said, I need you to be angry again

Mum said, look at what he did. Again.

Dad said, I'm not with her

Dad said, I don't care about her.

Years on and I'm caught between two pasts

The past I know I lived through

And the past I learnt was actually true.