~ DADDY'S ROOM ~
I have still not seen the inside of the room
Where you spent your winter afternoons
On the floor or on your knees
Mama said it was a part of your disease
But I could never understand...
When those doors sprung open at times
You stumbled out wet and screaming for limes
No one in the house would look up or even nod
Mama would whisper, "It's just something he forgot."
But I could never understand....
The music of Billie Holliday blasting a private concert
I could hear you mumbling and fumbling for every word
When I asked Uncle, about the strange smell
Mama would cut in with, "Tequila, it's the juice from hell!"
But I was so young, I could never understand....
One day, a loud popping sound, cut through the tunes
It was the first time I ever heard the silence of my Daddy's Room
It was also the first time I ever saw through his door
Mama said you were sleeping, but I saw the blood and the gun
And you on the floor
I was so young, but somehow I knew
It was time to grow up
And time,
To begin,
To understand,
The pain involved,
In becoming,
A man....
Tony Taylor
* final edit
Like 9 Pin it 3
Support CosmoFunnel.com
You can help support the upkeep of CosmoFunnel.com via PayPal.
Comments
wow this is a brilliant write Tony.
very forthright must have took courage to write.
Thanx So much FREE VERSER!!....It's actually just a product of my imagination...... but I appreciate the sentiment VERY much!!...I suppose I left myself wide open for that distinction!!......thanx again my friend!!....... hugs.......T xo?✴❤
Regardless,still a great write.
Tony that’s a sad write .. fictional or not
and it surely does have good imagery and the the ending I thought was perfect way to finish lightened the mood rather then ending in sadness but with just a better understanding of life
awesome write?
Hey thanx EDDY!!..... you're right .....it is a fiction...... and I'm so pleased that you picked up on the ending.....VERY insightful of you!...... smiles.....T xo?✴❤
That write was absolutely breathtaking,
So full of confusion that mimics the way a child would think and then the dawning and realisation while also the maturing of a young boy...beautifully crafted and amazingly written!
Thank you MITSALI!!.....I've been enjoy and impressed by your stuff lately too!!.....thanx again dear poet sister!!......LOVE & ROCKETS!!......T xo ?✴❤
Tony
This has got to be one of the best poems written on Cosmofunnel. It definitely warrants nomination. I am very surprised that the editors have not nominated this yet. I absolutely love this. You made the reader kinda know, where you were going, but you kept enough suspense in it, to keep the hook in. I love this brother. Brilliant! All Stars and North Korean Rockets to you! Keep on keeping on
Awesomely executed and to think all part of your brilliant imagination! Brilliant.
amazing poem and poet. loved to read such a fantastic poem ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)