growing up
you hear a rhyme
lonely child
only child
.
you don't think much of it
just kids being kids
jealous and scathing
mad that you're special
.
momma got it right
the first time
you used to say
don't need another copy
.
they retort,
but papa left
how good can you be
just a lonely child, only child
.
my momma never
left me
i'm as good
as i can be
.
they still taunt
and you've always
doubted
your validity
.
because papa did
leave
abandoned you
are you really worth it?
.
later you'll see
papa didn't wanna leave
but a job is a job
and you'll always be
.
a lonely child, only child
little Percy struggling with selfworth because people keep telling him his father hated him. that having no siblings meant he was such a screw up, his dad couldn't bare it.