The year felt longer than 365 days

It started around my sister's birthday, about mid may

I might’ve been too young, only in sixth grade

But I had to stay strong and put on a parade

My sister was five, my brother was two

I wondered what might happen and what I could do

I tried to make them happy, in such a sad place

As salty tears fell down my fathers face

He was sad or mad most of the time

And it seems like what she did should’ve been a crime

My sister would ask when is mama comin home

I’d face her and laugh, I’m afraid we're alone

My sister and brother would go to see her

Everything in my life felt like such a blur

But I couldn’t see her face 

Or I’d become a crying mess all over the place

Months passed by and it gradually got better

But I still couldn’t stand to wear that sweater

She had given it to me and it smelled of her perfume

It smelled of sweet summers and late august bloom

She moved back in and they were getting closer

I thought it was the end, I thought they were over

Soon it was them like it was never just us

The funny part is he never tried to discuss

She made a strange comment about her last name

Then in my chest I felt a sharp pain

I looked down to see the ring on her finger

I took a deep breath as the pain still lingered

I went to my room on the verge of tears

Has he been lying to me for the passed year

The thought crossed my mind, but could it be

That he had gotten married and hadn’t told me

He is my father and I his daughter

It felt like he left me to drown below water

Something so important and I wasn’t there

It made me think that he didn’t even care