the hurt child

the hurt child

His father had been away for a long time
Although their mother had divorced
her husband he visited his children
his young son was excited 
he could hardly remember his dad
when he came smelling of beer,
pointed to the pale little child and said
Whose son is that
instantly the bitter disappointment the child
the hurt was so deep he withdrew 
into his inner world
The father spoke to him again, but he didn't
apologized, said he was only joking
 Too late, the child didn't talk to him again
When the father visited again, the youngest
son sat in another room, refused to see 
his father, the adults didn't understand 
when the father died, the son didn't appear
a his funeral. 
Emotionally fractured it took him many 
years to recover.