Mother, I have failed you,
Participated in the destruction
Of the beautiful land you gave us.
I have cleared away emerald life,
And replaced it with stone,
Building metal towers
As hollow as my soul.
Mother, I have failed you,
Joined the hunts and butchery
That so indifferently rip apart children.
A decade I stood strong
Against the cruelty of it all,
But I was weak, and they pushed,
And so, I did fall.
Mother, I have failed you,
Disobeying natural patience
And giving in, throwing away the virtue
I thought I wanted to,
So I allowed the lust
To consume me,
I thought that I must.
The petals fell from the adolescent tree
And fluttered in the winds of change.
I'm sorry, Mother, for growing up,
And entering a world so strange.
May 24, 2011
May 24, 2011 at 1:00 PM UTC
Mother, I have failed you,
Participated in the destruction
Of the beautiful land you gave us.
I have cleared away emerald life,
And replaced it with stone,
Building metal towers
As hollow as my soul.
Mother, I have failed you,
Joined the hunts and butchery
That so indifferently rip apart children.
A decade I stood strong
Against the cruelty of it all,
But I was weak, and they pushed,
And so, I did fall.
Mother, I have failed you,
Disobeying natural patience
And giving in, throwing away the virtue
I thought I wanted to,
So I allowed the lust
To consume me,
I thought that I must.
The petals fell from the adolescent tree
And fluttered in the winds of change.
I'm sorry, Mother, for growing up,
And entering a world so strange.
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