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‎I wish I slapped him.

General 13 hrs ago
  • John

    He was lying in the hospital bed, unconscious.

    ‎Beeping machines. Oxygen mask. Swollen face.

    ‎I stood there, and I wanted to slap him.

    ‎Not out of anger…

    ‎but because I wanted to wake him up.

    ‎This was the same man who used to beat my mom and then say,

    ‎"You know I love you, right?"

    ‎The same man who told me I was useless at 17

    ‎because I failed Maths.

    ‎The same man who didn’t pay school fees for 2 years,

    ‎but bought beer for his friends every Friday.

    ‎Now they were calling him “Daddy.”

    ‎Now the nurses said “Your father is fighting.”

    ‎Fighting what?

    ‎This man didn’t fight for me.

    ‎Didn’t fight for my future.

    ‎Didn’t fight when my mom cried on the floor, begging.

    ‎Now they want me to pray?

    ‎I don’t know how to pray for someone who taught me how to be numb.

    ‎He died three days later.

    ‎I didn’t cry.

    ‎I just stood there, starting.

    ‎And I swear the only thing I heard in my head was:

    ‎“You know I love you, right?”

    ‎No, sir. I don’t.

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