Before and After

Before my dad died I hated many parts of me From my brown eyes To my darkened skin To my filled in lips To my curly hair Though deep down... I never truly hated these parts of me I just hated how they made me different But.. After my dad died, After his heart stopped beating, After he took his last breath, I loved my brown eyes From my darkened skin To my filled in lips To my curly hair I learned to love these parts of me Because it was some of the only things I had left of him Before he left me