I crack my knuckles and let out a sigh
 The rain falls
 My face tilted towards the sky
 You must be insane if you think I have forgotten
 Not a night goes by that I don’t reflect
 I’ll admit that not every memory is clear
 But I don’t consider that a bad thing
 I can’t remember your voice
 It’s lost to me
 Everyday I see your face
 It’s a part of me
 I am not alone
 You have shown me the way
 The way not to be if I want to do more than watch TV
 How does it feel to be taken down a notch?
 I’m just not sure how much
 The tears are welling up in anger
 For all the things you didn’t do to stop the inevitable
 Everyone saw it coming
 Everyone but you
 Bastard - I’ll forever be
 This name that I bear is not of my own
 The rain can’t wash away the shame though it is soothing
 There’s no avoiding that I reap what you’ve sewn
 I stand before you today
 Not a scholar nor a picture of perfect health
 How am I to teach my unborn son to be a man when I have never learned myself?