Like Vultures
I have seen my parents younger
but there’s not long anymore
until they close their eyes
look to the skies
and walk the one-way door
I watch their sun go down each day
and I have been keeping score
of the countless years
just like the tears.
I’ve seen them happier before
The family is here right now
to see their final paces
but it’s a big disguise
it’s in their eyes
and the smiles behind their faces
They’re all wishing time would fly by
and were like it from the start
They would not waste time
if it wasn’t a crime
to stab them through the heart
Within their home is plenty
within the bank is plenty more
for years they had saved
to have the road paved
so their kids would never cry poor
The time has come, their number up
their hearts have been released
it breaks my heart
when a world falls apart
when they think they rest in peace
My family have gone, the race begun
for them there is no peace of mind
until the house is bare
and they’ve taken what’s there
whatever my folks left behind
I will never forget what my father had said
as he whispered to me through the pain:
“I wonder the cost
of no love lost
if there was never any love gained.
You know my good son it’s just not the same
throughout and beyond other cultures.
I can see their disguise
and blood in their eyes
with their mouths dripping like vultures”
The sister I never knew
I never knew you existed
Before you were already there
I thought you were the beast
Hiding inside a face of a real beauty.
Everyone's doting on you
As if you are a precious jewel
Your facade so strong
Like nothing can go wrong.
You and the others filled the house with laughter
I'm missing the days when I'm the only daughter.
But those days were just a fantasy
Coz you existed somewhere fancy.
I thought you came to steal my crown
So I always greeted you with a frown.
I thought you were so interested to it.
That you have traveled across the world for it.
I thought you were the sister who was the beast
Then I realized it was only I who thought of it.
It took me years to realize this
But
You're the sister who is opposite of the beast.
An Easy Smile and a Leather Jacket
It all started
With an
Easy smile,
And a
Leather jacket,
And a flash
Of sparkling
Dark eyes.
Is it
Too far
To say
I was enchanted?
You hooked me
On your earthy,
Spicy scent,
Encouraged
An addiction
To your
Deep voice.
You seemed
So charming,
You gave me
Roses,
Not just cliche
Red roses,
But white ones,
Amazing then,
But
Not so now
Too pure
For you
Red would've
Fit you
Better
Like the red
That stained
Your carpets
The first
Time you hit
Me
That first time
You made
Me cry
I always
Thought
You were different
But I can't
Tell that
To my
Bruises