The First Heartbreak

Daddy,

Sometimes I can't breathe.

Daddy,

That's a lie.

Sometimes I don't want to breathe.

Many nights I wasted silently willing you to me,

I prayed that you would make a life preserver out of your arms and hold me until the raging seas calmed.

Daddy,

All I needed was for you to hold me.

But Daddy,

You never did.