Fathers Sing Blues Too

Fathers Sing Blues Too

Fathers get the blues too
like mothers
over children
worry bout them
think about them
try to be example for them
sometimes children don't get it
repeat lessons mama and daddy did
childhood ghosts appear
and they are not sure why
yet father knows like mama
parental instinct
vibe
father can tell when children not happy
long before they decide to talk and cry
we knew from the beginning it wasn't going to work
but said nothing
keep out of children's bizness
they grown
let them sink or swim
but unhappiness is unacceptable
father can't stand unhappy child
when all the while we knew we knew
our baby had the blues
they didn't know each other
they never do in America
they don't ask dad or mom
just hook up wit some nigguh
in the name of love
that wasn't love
maybe lust in the night
a momentary thing
tension reliever
but not love
not steel that sharpens steel
some unequal thing that should 've never happened
wasn't meant to be
and never will be
only for a moment
a child
and then departure
for another
same person
different name
father knows
like mother
call it instinct
a vibe thing
father sings the blues
worries his hair out
wish he never had these kids
cause they always have problems
even grown
especially then
big problems then
not like little kid problems
we listen
we advise
hope they will do the right thing finally
to be happy.
---Marvin X
2/17/11