Days drag on like a lifetime
Years pass in the blink of an eye
Just yesterday, a promise was forever
Today you’re saying goodbye
Halloween & gingerbread bring memories of a friend
My selfish inability to bite my lip breaks it all apart
Frivolity’s warmth & wit taunt an idiot’s bleeding heart
My forsaken & annulled failure soon precipitates the end
The only promise – dead fathers persist, undeterred, a quiet cold
Of fits & starts & broken hearts & the aches of getting old
No news of redemption shall be written; no means by which to atone
Just a fool, his thoughts & his love for his kids, discarded & alone