Poem: Forgetful Baba

Broken promises.
Does not take responsibility
for his actions.
Says one thing one day
and another the next.
Yet always expects me
to obey.

He was not always like this.
Used to be loving, open, considerate,
listened to my concerns
and honored my opinion.

Now he seems to have
ceased to listen.
Makes decisions,
without consulting me,
then the next day,
makes different ones.

What will I do Oludomare,
with tis capricious Mentor?
Is it my job to merely submit
to his every will and whim?
Just nodding dumbly?

Once he told me that
Truth was the most
important
thing.

But now
when I tell him the Truth,
which he does not remember,
he turns it around,
and blames me.
Is this a good role model?
One who cannot admit his own faults?
One who acts one way,
to get me to come to him,
and changes
the moment he has me?

I do not think so.