To the kid with the father in jail To the kid with the dad who left bruises on your skin To the kid with the dad who bailed before they even knew the sex To the kid who misses their dad every single day To the kid who hates their dad whenever their names are spoken To the kid who were punished for their honesty To the kid who hides from their dad To the kid who only ever had replacements To the kid who was abandoned and lost To the kid who was never good enough To the kid who knows lies better than the truth when faced with him To the kid who can’t even talk about the horrors from their ‘dad’ To the kid who tries to bury everything that ever happened To everyone who this day is a painful reminder of things you tried to shove under the bed and forget To everyone who is in mourning, in sadness, in agony To everyone who this day is a knife in the side for You are not alone and this day is just as much yours as it is the hallmark greeting cards. Don’t be silenced and do not let your pain go in the dark to not make ‘them' uncomfortable Do whatever it is you need to do to get through the next 24 hours where the perfect family you wished you had is shoved in your face You are survivor without them and or in spite of them. Do not stop now Do not let today shrink you

From a girl who really hates Father’s Day

(Dedicated to HugACreeper)

drink until the bottle is emptier than you.