I’ve chosen a new home for me Somewhere in a wild wild place You know, I’ve always imagined my home to be white But with so many colors inside And a stairwell to a heavenly upstairs There, you’ll find the California And you’ll find me in an imagined placenta Wondering if it’s time to be reborn Or time to die inside This home I’ve chosen Has so many cells, with so many broken walls And it has a grand ballroom for my memories to waltz And dance away the events of that unspoken of day The day the sun rose with one ray less The day the clouds watched over me as I cried As I mourned, and wished that my tears were just washing off my sins And not bidding farewell to a man with none See, I’ve chosen a new home, dad.. A home where your picture continues to inspire A home where your voice can still be heard A home where you are still there And I am there too waiting for a scolding I’ve a chosen a haven away from a reality nightmare A treehouse with a one way ladder And a memory box that I will never leave locked I’ve a chosen a home far from my quiet room Far from this cold hallway waiting for the ringing of your oxygen machine Distant from the memory of you grasping a breath to live I’ve chosen a home where I can miss you without missing you Where I am not a jailed grieving man Where I am with you all the time
Written to commemorate my father’s one year anniversary of his passing.