Julianna May

My daddy told me to find someone just like him.
And as a little girl I was blinded to his sin.
The way my mother was ignored
And my eldest brother was driven out the door,
By my father’s own hand.
My sister’s dreams to dance would crash land
As my father would insist we did not have the money.
But as soon as sports came along and it was sunny,
He would find all the resources on the earth.
And my poor younger brother, never knowing his worth,
Was pushed to the side for our perfect elder brother.
We quickly learned not to bother the two of them together.
Sins against myself I can not quickly recount,
Though I was the first born daughter, I did not amount
To the standards placed before me
And I became the child to long to become an escapee.
So, daddy, I see what you can do
And I no longer want my husband to be just like you.