A Fatherless Child

In all honesty it had never occurred to me how hard and miserable life is without a father. I have grown very distant from my dad, because of bad choices, rumors, and just purely out of bitterness towards him. I've decide he isn't of much importance to me any longer. Yet having a conversation with a fellow my age, it seemed rather unearthed for anyone to  feel so strongly about anything. He showed pain, hope, lust, and deep desperation for a father. Begging for people not to bring  a child into the world with out a father. It made me realize how much I truly love my own dad. How much the absence of Love from a parent can affect a child. The pain in that boys eyes, was the same kind of pain you see in a person eyes, when a mother or grandmother dies. It was sad, I had to fight my tears. If I could give him truth, and the love he deserves from a father, I would. The only thing there is to do, Is to love him. My question is, how can a Man sit there, knowing he has a child, a son or a daughter, and not care enough to be an influence in their lives. How can a Man sit on his ass, and not have any love for his child, any respect, for the mother, any respect for himself.  I'm lucky to have both my parents, and for all  of you who are going through this, your not the only one, I understand to an extent. God bless the Youth.