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”