Washed Away

 Right after I finished Monotony I started this one. It seems my mind was not yet finished creatively. While Monotony was very personal this one is me writing very objectively, very generally about something that just sounds cool to me. I have not gone back over it as usual so it is rough on places.

Washed Away

Filled with white hot anger

Spilling over the brim

I can’t control what I feel

Can’t control who I am

Confess your truth once more

Before I end your pain

Deep dark secrets revealed

Makes darker the stain

Yelling and wildly thrashing

I call out your name

Seeing the past and future

Who else can I blame

Born into procrastination

It’s my familial right

The decision already made

Don’t want to escape my plight

Blinded by a lack of ambition

I dreamed of far better

Waited for the door’s knock

Cursed by the blackened letter

A vision of all that’s wrong

The melody of our shame

Held together on repeat

Crashing through my brain

My dreams have been washed away

Written and Published by Don Leach. May not be used without permission from the author.

poem for my mother

while I was young
life was hell
falling asleep at night
listening to you rant
how i was no good
"i'll send you to your father"
even though you didn't
know where he was
for a bad grade
you yelled at me
then gave me the same
when i got a good one
the wrong lesson learned
it's better not to try
with my shared name
secrets passed over me
life lived oblivious
left out always excluded
is it a wonder
it took me so long
to learn my truth
recovery can be a bitch

reflecting on time
raising three young children
i see the difficulties
you had to live with
no help from the runaway
man that chose you
society looked down
it's long nose
the short supply of money
engulfed by life's demands
the pain and anger
left on your shoulders
is it any wonder
it came our way
spilling over the levy
overwhelming your defenses
you didn't know
how to cope
the world wasn't fair
life even less so
it's the only way
you knew to fight back

Written and Published by Don Leach. May not be used without permission from the author.