APRIL PAD CHALLENGE DAY FOURTEEN

April PAD Day 14, 2015

The prompt for today is write an honest or dishonest poem.

A DADDY'S WORDS

You told me you could lasso the moon

and bring it down to earth

so I could keep moon beams in a jar 

You told me unicorns were magical 

and could carry me up to the Milky Way

where I could dance among the stars

You told me the trees and wind 

whispered secrets to each other

and if I listened I could hear

You told me fairies lived in moss houses

and danced at night to the tunes

crickets played on their violin legs

You told me Santa Claus, the tooth fairy

and the Easter bunny were real

You held my hand told me you loved me 

more than all the stars that fill the sky

You crossed your heart and told me

that you would never,ever leave me

Then, you went far away 

to fight a war in a foreign land

You kissed me and told me not to cry

You told me you would come back soon

But you lied, they told me you died

Now all I have left are these words 

these empty words you told to me.

J Kuykendall