Five and a Half
they were huddled together
crying on each others shoulders
i was just a couple steeps away
and not a tear feel from my eye
i was just a couple steeps away
i couldn't have felt farther away
like they were here on earth
well i was lost in space
why why wasn't i crying
i know i should have been
i should of been sad
but i wasn't and i didn't
not to long before
my brother and i
copied my uncle
and gave him the finger
he was banging and yelling
at the front door
how must have that made him feel
his owns son giving him the finger
i was just a couple steeps away
they were huddled together crying
i couldn't have been farther away
i didn't cry for sixteen years
after my dad died
Copyright © John Tanaskow | Year Posted 2009
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