These Things We’ve Been Put Through

I want you to remember,

You are still strong enough to send this sideways,

I want you to surrender,

Your temper for just one day today,

And I want you to retain,

The power that children can convey,

I’ll try not to complain,

They already know you’re a crazy fuck, Baby.

These things we’ve been put through,

The things that make us see-through,

We’re lying in despair,

Once everything’s in place,

There is no lonelier space,

Than lying in this bed.

I need you to remember,

Everything Dad said,

Yes, every single word,

Like a hammer,

Held,

To your head.

These things we’ve been put through,

The walls that people see through,

We’re lying in despair,

Though everything’s in place,

There is no lonelier space,

Than lying in this bed.

These things we’ve been put through,

These things we’ve been put through,

Just lying in despair.

We are the ugly men,

We are the naked ones,

They never meant us harm,

We never meant them harm,

We are the accidents that already happened.

These things we’ve been put through,

These things that make us see through,

We’re lying in despair,

When everything’s in place,

There is no lonelier space,

Than lying in this bed.

1949-2022