The Fall

Talk about how you feel, talk about how they fell Purge your emotions without due process, but remember, it didn’t just happen overnight He wasn’t always alright Sometimes they cried through the night and smiled in the morning Sometimes amidst tears and pain they managed a smile And sometimes he tried to share a part of him with you but you didn’t listen He tried to be a man as community dictates, he didn’t cry in public as community distastes He faced every challenge as a test He cried inside with a dry face He faced a pile of bills by popping pills, hoping the world would see his desperation Instead they made memes and laughed typical of his generation The world juried, judged and prosecuted him, without due process and without clear evidence, they politically executed him A once upon a time hero turned villain It didn’t just happen, if only you could listen as he called out They don’t just fall from grace; they hang on the precipice long enough begging for help, until nobody seems to care.