17 September 2012
They took you from my arms (Carved out a you-shaped hole In a soul so desperate to be better for you) They took out my tongue (No recourse for the decision enforced) They stole my eyes (no more to see you grow Or this world's enthusing glow Now grey and brick-boned) They took my mind And lost it then (I rant and holler at the sky Rage at diminishing gods To let me die I laugh for if I cried My tears and snot would drown us all) They took my manhood (left me slumped and limp In bureaucrat's defeat and judge's weight Broiling in pity and deserved self-hate) They took my will (so go on, do your worst Because this silent sufferance Is now so well rehearsed.) You took my breath (I've forgotten how to breathe Airless blood is thickened. Feel it seethe. I gape like fishes on the sand Beached, although I never asked for land.)
You took my life. You took my child. Sometimes I rage so far beyond the wild I could rip a hole into this time and space Take you back. Bring us to a safer place.
But they took my son And tore out my heart Wrapped it in paper And legality. What once was free Is denied me.
Sometimes I wander. Just don't know what to do For every path becomes a wall And all my vision's you.
Son • Opuss № I