Dad, there has always been an ocean of silence between us. A lifetime of words left unsaid. In ways I feel that I don't know you at all. I barely knew you way back then. What I now want you to know is this. I was just a child. But I knew you were broken. I don't blame you and could never hate you. I felt how the path tore at you with its jagged edges. Your unspoken pain is no stranger to my blood and bones. I carry it, too.
Tanya Markul











