Bye, Dad
The rain drips from my forehead,
It mixes with my tears,
And creates a cascading pool of
Lost hopes and dreams
They run down my body and
Crash to the ground.
I gaze into the sky and
See the gray that my life has been
The darkness seething in anger
At the speckle of light
That tries to peek through.
The pounding of the rain
Bellows its agony upon my skull,
It vibrates with a torturous
Echo inside me.
The tap, tap of my blood
As it lands to the ground
My heart now shredded
The agony and torture
Of my solitude encompasses me.
There must be an ending to this
A liberation that is destined, intended
A glimmering hope of freedom.
I stand before him, desperate
An answer, forgiveness, hatred
Acceptance or resolve
For a reason, a fatal error of judgement
A person filled with emotion
Confusion, agony, self-mutilation
Answers never to be found
My questions, reasoning, never to be resolved.
As I look up, towards the clouds
The grayness that will inevitably
Be my life from this moment till forever
Till my last dying breath
I look forward to our meeting again
When the plains will be equal
Answers will be un-required
As your touch will be all.
Goodbye, Dad, See You Soon!
1/17/2000
Dedicated to VAR
Copyright 2000 A. L. Tom Roumeliotis
