Dear Dad...

Where were you when I graduated from pre-school?
Where were you when I lost my first tooth?
Where were you when I got awards in school?
Where were you when I got my eyebrows waxed for the first time?
Hey dad, where were you when I got my first phone?
Where were you when I was learning how to type?
Where were you when I got sick?
Where were you when I learned how to write poems?
Where were you when I learned how to cook?
Dad, if you really cared you would be there when I graduate 5th grade, middle school, high school, and college.  
Wouldn't that make you think that I would be happy or surprised?

Lani Moe'ulane
Blood Money Poets
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