Hi mom, where did dad go?
Did you see him?
Well I kind of need to know,
Cause one day I will be him.

There’s some confusing stuff going on in my head
And I am trying to remember if it was just something I said.

Did I thank you for what you’ve done?
Say sorry I didn’t notice?
I’m walking into the sun,
And I need those things he showed us.

I’m painted in abstract reflections red
The heap in the corner is the back of the dead.

Mom, should I tell him?
Tell him I am in love?
Maybe I should blend in,
Shrink down from above.

The face looks me up and down upon my shale,
Loves to see me biting at the horn of my nail.

Say would he come back?
He has a heart, right?
If my speech was full of tact,
And my response was bright.

Name calling rips and I stop in my place,
From under the car where I saw her face.

Mom, you did want me to write you didn’t you?
You said we should talk, right?
Well there’s never been one as blue shoe,
As horned in here with spite.

My voice is scratching the teeth from the place,
I was missing while running away from my face.

Should I try to find him?
Is he worth the time?
I’ve been walking through his sin,
And I’m starting to fall behind.

Cold in my tracks I’m frozen and all stops
Around me as I’m pushed and my breath drops

Mom, you do know I love you right?
You do know I understand?
You held me in my dreams at night,
And did your best to teach me this land.

I’m caught in this eternal trap,
Ever advancing and not turning back.

So this is a good first step right?
You know I understand you tried?
I know this took us both like blight,
And I love you even when we cried.

I try to run but am held by the power,
Of a love that took a child to devour.

Wow. Poignant Michael....as are so many of your writes

nicely done...

Angel light (nice tat ;-); kc003; MisKim323, thank you very much

Wow! Great write...

thank you very much ;-)