One Sunday
I talked to my mother on Sunday
Buried my brother at noon
Spoke to a stoner from 1 til
We listened to music boroque
We found a missing piece
Missing from our mind
But I know at the very least
I no longer am able to cry
I like the sound of violence
Pulsating in and out of my ears
I kept the head since Friday
Clutching very very near
I'd like to throw the heart in the brook
But I fear of a little girl's spirit
I wouldn't want her to live a life
Growing older with fearing
A child walks across the ground
A revolutionary sight
Thinking of all the things she can do
And all she has to do is try
The pride I felt for what I made
I'll never live it down
It's like a writer receiving a pulitzer prize
And then winning a marathon
My baby changed for the first time
And did it oh so well
Thinking of all the things that will span
Throughout all her lifetime
I'll never stop being so proud of her
She's triumphed a great neat feat
And I know she will go very far
And I'll watch and anticipate
I stepped out the morning one Sunday
thinking about all that I took
I remembered just how bloody
I couldn't bring myself to look
A cloud flew over the brook and
Water waddled away
They found my brother at 3:10
And I talked to my mother on Sunday
Copyright © James Black | Year Posted 2016
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