the point is...

[emchy]

one of those days
where even sunshine rings hollow
in the shadow of debt
and frustration

a small reprieve in a father's voice
that familiar "alrighty"
and I even made him laugh
when he told me "don't spend all your money"
when we both know
I only spend it
to keep the car he gave me
spent his savings on
to show me
he loves me
when he can't say it

and so when I wash
and fix
and go broke on gas
it is to shine
and keep alive
a fathers love
that is far too rare
and far away