Father of My Father
Legacy of Silence: Unveiling Generational Pain
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You gave me my scars and a legacy of shame
You are responsible for the emotional wounds I carry, and there is a history of disgrace associated with our family.
You didn't raise my father
You were not involved in raising my father.
But you gave us family debt you never paid yourself
You left us with a family financial burden that you never took care of personally.
A thousand bruises never healed and now I'm broken, no one knows
Numerous emotional injuries from the past persist, and now I am shattered, and no one is aware of my pain.
You gave me my anger and a lifetime of pain
You passed on to me a sense of rage and a lifetime filled with suffering.
You are my fathers father
You are my father's father, establishing the lineage.
Learned the truth from my old man he passed it down to me
I learned the painful truth from my father, who inherited it from you.
Instilled the anger with his hands
The anger was ingrained through physical actions from my father.
This life of pain has left me cold
The hardships of this existence have made me emotionally distant.
Never spoke of the ones
There was silence about the previous generations.
The generations before
No mention was made of the ancestors.
And now it's too late, the worst is over
It is now too late to change the past, and the worst has already happened.
No more screaming in pain
No more agonizing cries, only the calming sound of rain remains.
There's only sounds of the rain
There's only the soothing sound of rain.
But now it's too late, the damage has been
Although it's too late, irreversible damage has been done.
Never spoke of the ones
Never discussed the past generations.
The generations before
No mention was made of the ancestors.
And now it's too late, the worst is over
It is now too late to change the past, and the worst has already happened.
No more screaming in pain
No more agonizing cries, only the calming sound of rain remains.
There's only sounds of the rain
There's only the soothing sound of rain.
But now it's too late, the damage has been
Although it's too late, irreversible damage has been done.
Done to my head
The damage has affected my mental state.
I'd rather be dead
I would prefer death over continuing with the pain.
Nothing was said
No communication or resolution occurred.
Damage has been done
The harm has been inflicted and is irreversible.
You tell him when you see him
Pass a message to him when you see him; a new beginning starts with me.
The new day starts with me
I am now taking charge of my own destiny.
You are my fathers father
You are my father's father, but you are not considered my family.
But you're not my family
The cycle of pain ends with me.
The cycle ends with me now
I am determined to break the cycle of suffering starting from now.
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