The Fish

We never meant 
to say sorry
it was more of a smoke filled
tiring of breathless gills

The morning wakes us all
all too soon
cats on tables
and cigarettes without a flume

Time tells
all of us will die
hard to be black and white
tend to shoo away little smiles

Time has a great grace
of wage and handfuls
 of terrible mistakes

I heard today 
he shot him
little sleepy town in minnesota
been dreaming of death

and how sad that from now on
the man i once knew
will never see daylight again

what is wrong with us
society is a 
filth of regret

might fly back and visit him in prision one day
just to say hello

mistakes of others make you feel desperate

no use in making amends

talked to my dad tonight, 
gonna send me some money for Christmas

i can see his lights,
and the brilliant display

how i miss them, 
unlike no other
my dad, my sister and of course 
my drug addicted brother

aint to late to go back, 
but for what?

just maybe only for them cause no matter what happens 
my family is my heart, my soul, and my kin.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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