Dear Dad,
Maybe I'm a few years too late
Hopefully, I'm not
You were the person I wanted to be
But what I became, I hate
The air within my lungs
Tearing my throat apart
A loss of words, I cannot explain
With eyes of a soft gold hue
We imagined life without pain
And now I live my own life
A life without you
Why could I not have known you better?
Why do I have to live like this
Knowing nothing except I don't know enough
I saw you resting peacefully
Not a single breath to stir the room
I was just so cold
While you lay there, covered
In blood from your wounds
"I love you, never forget that"
Love never felt so true
But a witness to your suicide
Must I remind myself?
These images of the good times
They escape me
But the tears upon your lifeless cheek
In these thoughts, I shall drown
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