To My Father

Any man can be a father,
you helped give life to me,
but a speacial man is a dad
and that's something you'll never be.
Control is not the way to love,
slamming doors only brings me fear,
the distance grows between us
as passing days turn into years.
You criticize mistakes I make,
you make me feel so low,
you wonder why I'm never there,
why I always have to go...
I can't stand the things you do
or the things you always say,
I can't stand you in my life,
I wish you'd go away!
The way you are brings only pain,
misery and despair,
You're burning bridges at every turn
and all are beyond repair.