she waits for father every night
till 12 maybe till 1
because her mother says he'll be back soon
anytime

and after she sleeps
she rushes to the toilet
and weeps
while he's sleeping in the arms of another woman
she feels him touch her thighs the lips
and hear him blowing softly into
the ear of another woman

she takes vow to make her daughter
strong
'if thats the word' she wonders
she'll tell her of how cruel men are
how ungrateful and filthy

but somewhere inside she knows
that one day
the daughter will take the same vow
in the same toilet
weeping
for a man who sleeps with other women
the man she left her mother for