I’ve got my pen to the page but I’m drawing a blank
The lines sink together and I can’t begin to think.
The letters come so close that I can hardly read
Is this another love song or a cry of someone in need.
One more for the boys
And another for the girls.
Dashing tuxedos
And Grandma’s favorite pearls.
Portraits of a family
And falling in line.
Portraits of abuse
And my fatherless whine.
I’ve got this pain in my heart and I’m coming up red.
Is this just a case of nausea or the beginning of the end?
Is this a cold vacant stare or the weight of my frown?
Is this the death from hypothermia in this cold fucking town?
One more for the kids,
and another for myself.
A hospital patient
Defeated by mental health.
Was this really the plan?
Is this really unknown?
Is this the path that we lead?
With our hearts made of stone.
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