Family Blood Poem by Diego Adrian Manriquez

My screams become become whispers as they hit a human ear,
I fall to my knees and shatter the glass ground I was always standing on,
Eyes closed I run towards the edge not knowing when I will reach it,
And the fear causes my heart to beat slowly,

Surprisingly I knew this moment would come,
I put my hand up to block out the sun,
But, my eyes they remain dry,
Wondering for years if it'll ever go back to what it used to be,
Sitting on the porch hoping you'd return,

I tired of waiting, and I lost my purpose,
Where did you go?
Sometimes I would wonder what you did,
Telling me you'll be back as mother's crying,
That since of hope I was given crushed,

He told me it'd be okay,
But judging on the look on his face I felt like nothing would ever be the same,
I always wondered what had become of you,
Innocent and deceived,
The man who I wanted to be,
Was the man causing me this shameless misery,
Just a mind full of lies,
And a dad who can't see his own reflection,
Take me in your arms and tell me it's all going to be okay?
Lie to me and so that I can go to sleep,
Pretend to be the person you wanted to make me see,
And in the end, all for what?
A son who is ashamed of where he came from.