Cocooned in tightly Mahogany floor pinching cold Taps echo restless waves Night sky thunders scold
Trees gossip forecast Soft thumps grace the stairs Leaves rustle and bustle Creaking doors whisper in share
Rusty pipes strain in tune
Mice run laps behind the scenes
Plagued breaths filter in and out
Below soulless wooden beams
Ghosts limbo the attic
Cleaned rugs evidence brute
The basement tastes metallic
Outing a perpetrators rooted truths
Electricity flickers conversation As Devils hour airs the laundry There is no rest for the wicked For even the dead tell stories
Nestled in her lap
I give a wiggle of my toes
Biscuit in my hand
As she softly bops my nose
Letting out a little giggle I say “Tell me more!” As she recites to continue story And I listen in awe
Lost to my imagination
As her words bring to life told
She finishes in a whisper
“Remember all that glitters Is not gold”
Dear dearest daughter How I wish I could take it back The moment we were parted A wind blowing of hat
A young primed mind Told of what was best An opportunity to fight Would of seen us both un-blessed
Fear outweighing strength Nothing much has changed The same fear resides For your under a different name
How I beg for forgiveness Through letters you’ll never read My deepest regret to burden In the awakening of my deed
I pray for you deservingly
And for my souls mistake
In the end we only regret
The chances we didn’t take
If wishes fell like rain What would become of our won? Would summer cease to reign? Would freed be our undone?
If wishes fell like rain Then certainly I am a storm An unconscious theme among us From earliest memories born
If wishes fell like rain Would we still dream big? Or would we count of our blessings When natural disasters didn’t give…
Penanced to that moment When limbo still lingers I feel your warmth embrace The trace of your fingers
I mould to your grasp
Peak a reflexive smile
Like an addict on the fence
Before descending the black mile
Then all too quickly I’m falling awake Turning to greet your face As my stolen begins to ache
Sheets stone cold
Just like your face
When I said my goodbyes
To a lifeless case
Submissive to watch As you swipe downpour away All from my hand Your nightmare in light day
Every tear you shed Sparks fire in my chest I knew what you signed up for I’m consumed with detest
Sessions to tame the monster Chains of weight not weak I know what I need to do Be the selfless she seeks
I pick up my bag Remember her this way Make a promise to myself That she deserves better then my stay
