edits back

...................... i respected you-
I never named you as the father
I don't badmouth you to your daughter
I don't say you are dead

I leave truth and space

I  never spoke words against her
I wished you both well

you can hate me
and mentally punish me
for keeping our daughter

but stop recording songs-
writing songs
that call me out of my name

take me off your radar
as you have already done so for your daughter

hate is thicker than blood.

grow up.

and give me the same
adult respect
I have already given you.

If you want to call
the mother
of your unwanted bastard
a bitch, a rat, or trash,
at least
don't do it on a microphone.

Can you, at least, give me that much back?