Echoes in a Family

Forgetful father

I bought my vacuum to the beach
Worked very hard to clean and sort
Though the mess was quiet and gone 
I had won the battle, but lost the war

I plucked the wildflowers between the tiles
Burned those insects and sold your house
Now I’ve got a car and kingdoms 
Why don’t you love me somehow?

Because you love the beach, the house 
You grew up in, wildflowers and ants 
I thought you hated them, I’m sorry 
Daughter, I never knew how to love

Mad Woman

She used it
as an excuse,
for her mother was
a mad woman too

She could see inside
her own soul
Seeing evil, seeing
Selfishness

The angel-winged
little girl
she once knew
Stopped growing with
her body
Escaped
Before it was too late

What was left
disgusted her to the core
She doesn’t want
to be this anymore

How could she change
something so deeply
Ingrained into her flesh?
Wishing she could open
her chest and rip out
what was left or
bleach her blood

Yet, nothing was left to do
Nobody can destroy
The very thing
They’re made out of

So now, she will act innocent
Hiding the shadow of the devil
Keeping him at bay

She wonders
if others could feel him
too?

Or have they become one
with him?