All for a Child

Men have done it

Leave the wife and kid

At times kids

A man must make his way

They say

That's a man's lot

But would you, could you

When Dad has never been around

To show you the world?

Would you let a child grow

Alone with wind and rain?

To always wonder the reason why?

It's painful when there's no love

Much worse when there's no conversation

It's all about food, housework and laundry

How can a man survive on such trivial?

How can a man prosper on such menial

Thoughts, actions and pretentions?

A man will die I tell you

Lest he will himself

To exist for that one child

A life he has led

A certain life he must now live

But not for himself but an offspring

An offspring that's fortunately

Sweet, good-natured and forgiving

A child of his childhood

But yet a child with blindspots

Her blindspots

A love of books yet not

But a daddy she did snag

A child she did get

Out of lies, reticence and selfishness

But now he knows better

A chance will come

When father and daughter

Will leave for lands afar

No longer having to bear with

Ignorance, stupidy and selfishness

Some women are a pain in the ass

And not worth marrying

Women who have not earned the right

Women who have not captured the heart

Nor intellectual curiosity

But loins one long night ago

For that, any man will leave

To  some place afar

To start anew, to breathe anew

To find himself once more

- by TC Lai