the slow demise
The slow demise
The houses in the hamlet emptie
old people are passing away
A timeworn man tried to flee his
empty rooms of stillness
His many children had gone away
leaving him with an idiot son
Who thought rabbits lived in
trees tall trees eating leaves
The timeworn wanted to see his
daughters who lived in America
The police brought him back to
the place he had tried to escape
In darkened rooms, he paces
tries out walk the pre-ordained
Sunlight is, for him, unbearable
reminds him of the future suns
He hits the walls with his fist
in anger over his loss
The idiot son, has crawled into
a corner shaking in fear of dad
Death takes his dad, o, mercy!
For a downtrodden life
For two days and nights, the idiot
sits in his corner, crying in silence
Death waits for his victim, but
someone breaks down the door
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