you wear your father’s guilt
and your mother’s golden cross
searching for a savior in every psychedelic trance
chasing spirits in cheap liquor
just to bottle up your own
you wear your mother’s tears
and your father’s favorite watch
and only remind yourself of the time
when you felt like you’ve had enough
and crash at any house that welcomes you
you have your father’s voice
and your mother’s blue eyes
of deep depression
and rippling madness
observant of every detail
you have your mother’s heart
and your father’s lack-there-of
passionate for all the wrong reasons
driven to tear down everyone around
just to distract from your own destruction
Oct 17, 2017
Oct 17, 2017 at 2:46 AM UTC
you wear your father’s guilt
and your mother’s golden cross
searching for a savior in every psychedelic trance
chasing spirits in cheap liquor
just to bottle up your own
you wear your mother’s tears
and your father’s favorite watch
and only remind yourself of the time
when you felt like you’ve had enough
and crash at any house that welcomes you
you have your father’s voice
and your mother’s blue eyes
of deep depression
and rippling madness
observant of every detail
you have your mother’s heart
and your father’s lack-there-of
passionate for all the wrong reasons
driven to tear down everyone around
just to distract from your own destruction
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