Betrayed by Daddy

Betrayal!
I was 6 years old when it happened
It felt like the end,
When you betrayed us
To mum’s best friend.

At the start she was just a nail lady,
Then we started having tea,
I was never really fond of her,
She did always charge a high fee.

But then she met you
This was when I knew she was bad
She took a liking to you,
My so called loving Dad.

It then developed to sleepovers
With her in a fold out bed,
One time I came out and saw you
Under her quilt that was red.

Then there was the year of the teen formal
And you were left with me for tea,
You drove me to Kadina
And then you left me.

I was in the car alone
Not knowing where to go
You walked up to a house and I saw her,
That’s when I had an all-time low.

Anything could have happened to me,
But you didn’t really care
Someone could try to warn you,
But you would say ‘please don’t share.

Many things led up to this moment
Where we were betrayed the most,
You lied to us and blinded us to the truth
It just proves that you like to boast

One day we were in Kadina
With my Auntie Noels,
We were about to have lunch
When a phone call ripped out our souls.

It was our Uncle Smiley with the worst news ever,
You were in Port Wakefield with her!
You told us you were out fishing with a friend,
When we called your friend they said they weren’t with that sir.

Mum was furious she drove home right away,
When we got home Jordi told us the worst news
She knew about this from the night before,
Mum didn’t know how she didn’t notice the clues.

We were playing cards with dad when the phone rang,
Dad immediately got up to answer it as well as get a snack,
Jordi went with him out of curiosity,
It took them half an hour to get back.

Jordi told us who it had been,
It was Jodie on the other end of the phone,
Dad told me it was Nana,
How could we have known?

We were all furious and sad at the same time,
We got all of Dads things and chucked them outside,
And waited for 5 ½ hours before he got home
When we got out side we saw him first crying before we saw his ride,

It was her car with no one inside he must have dropped her off,
She always acted as sweet as honey,
Yet he has a heart of stone,
We think she only wants him for his money.

Within 2 years Dad had found us a home,
He had it built,
We were made to move in as soon as it was done,
He clearly had no guilt.

2 years after we moved in for my Mum’s 5oth
He asked for a divorce,
We were all shocked,
But he didn’t need to use force.

For my sisters 14th birthday
The confirmation came,
It shocked her into sadness
He clearly had no shame,

For my 12th birthday
He announced he was engaged,
That broke our hearts
Yet he still raged.

Arguments with him still kill us
We never can forgive him for what he did,
Yet we can get over it
But never be rid…By Michaela