Freud states a daughter’s first love is for her father.
Yet I remain unknown to my father,
And he remains unknown to me.
He hides behind his new wife
And the promise of Easter holidays. Am I
Conditioned to love a mystery? Oedipus has no answer.
I read the bible. It is the story of a child
Whose father is a ghost. Yet the child loves him still
For He is in love with a mystery.
I love my father. I wish he would let me know him.
I wish I were not Jesus.
-Tess Barbey
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