The Cliched Free-Fall
The lights are on, but no one’s home—oh my.
His eyes are tracking, his eyes…they cry.
Face nuzzled forcefully, whispering into cement like a long lost lover.
Lights flash and blare.
Here comes the rain.
He’s laughing now, he’s glad.
Another attention-grabbing whore,
“Let me DIE!”
His parents sob—but they do not know.
Tip the head nicely before you go.
You see, he tried to fly—by any means necessary.
Yet found gravity the flaw.
Now he lays broken, bleeding at the jaw.
How did this happen?
You don’t deserve to know. REWIND.
He was laughing like golden sun sprays.
His heart was a giver—giving love for all.
Perfect as perfect can be. We love him and no one else.
Reality came knocking.
His payment, long overdue. RECALL.
You know…he tried to tell them. I believe his throat was raw.
But nobody surmised the clue.
Nobody asked if he was okay.
No one asked if he wanted to STAY.
Chaos. Despair. The utter horror.
He flew.
Not in the way you knew.
I beg one question. A question to all.
What I told you RIGHT NOW,
Would you remember at all?
His eyes are tracking, his eyes…they cry.
Face nuzzled forcefully, whispering into cement like a long lost lover.
Lights flash and blare.
Here comes the rain.
He’s laughing now, he’s glad.
Another attention-grabbing whore,
“Let me DIE!”
His parents sob—but they do not know.
Tip the head nicely before you go.
You see, he tried to fly—by any means necessary.
Yet found gravity the flaw.
Now he lays broken, bleeding at the jaw.
How did this happen?
You don’t deserve to know. REWIND.
He was laughing like golden sun sprays.
His heart was a giver—giving love for all.
Perfect as perfect can be. We love him and no one else.
Reality came knocking.
His payment, long overdue. RECALL.
You know…he tried to tell them. I believe his throat was raw.
But nobody surmised the clue.
Nobody asked if he was okay.
No one asked if he wanted to STAY.
Chaos. Despair. The utter horror.
He flew.
Not in the way you knew.
I beg one question. A question to all.
What I told you RIGHT NOW,
Would you remember at all?