" DADDY'S ROOM "
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I have still never seen the inside of the room
Where you spent those 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 sprang 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 Holiday blasting a private concert
I could hear you mumbling and fumbling for every word
When I asked Uncle Mickey 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 ever saw through your 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.....
Tony Taylor (Chicago)
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WOW TONY MY DEAR FRIEND .. NOT SURE IF THAT WAS FACT ( GOD FORBID ) OR FICTION BUT IT WAS SURE AS HELL GRIPPING & HAD TO VOTE.. BIG X
Hey Tracy!!........I just love to see your ink on my page..........not to worry..........it's a fictional write..........just conveying a dream I had.............thanx for this my friend............hugs-n-smiles............T xo
Now my Favorite of yours AWESOME write Tony.....Thing about Fathers if you like and love them......you think about them...if you dont,,,, you dont...Weather real or Fiction loved it
FAVORITE???.....wow!!!.......totally didn't see that coming my brother............you just made my day!!..........I got tons of love for you man!!..........your cyber-friend and admirer!!..............T xo
Hello Tony...
Great write!
I will read this again my friend...
This is one those that it were a novel...
Page turner for sure!
Couldn't sleep...
Couldn't put it down...
Thank you for sharing...
Hugz...
Feathers
Wow Feathers!!.......that's one helluva comment!!..........thanx so much the kind words my co-writing friend!!...........appreciate this very much..............kisses............T xo
Sitting back looking at comments that will roll in?????????????
should b featured
Enthralling. Touching. Plus so much more !!!
Your writing can reach a dramatic height that astounds !
Wonderful work !
Thanks ! :)
WOW ~ Thanx SO much Sir Richard!!!..........that is one helluva comment my friend..........I don't know if you were paid handsomely to write that or not!! (lol!)........but..........either way i'll take it!! (smiles).........I appreciate this VERY much Sir Waters!!..........truly..........Thank You!!.........your friend and admirer.........T xo
Hey Tony, Great write, I don't have enough words for this. Excellent job my good Friends. Cheers.
Tone my friend,
If this wasn't as real as you wrote it to be, well then you my dear friend, have written (us all) into a nightmare, of a poetic masterpiece, right along with the young boy, whom lived and had to face, like a young man), the fears and worse of all fates, growing up, although he still being a young child...Reserved to a life, inwhich he was so sadly and without the truest of answers given, to his many really unanswered questions..A life forced to know and live in, with fabricated answers rendered, (for his own good or well being), to have not known the truth...Fictitious or not my friend, you have plainly and accurately written, so many others, that has been confronted with this destructive test of faith and true family afflictions, in this writing..I, (just as Cleo), was some what speechless at first reading..Power in your pen as always my friend....
Brilliant piece of work Tony,
Jim
Hey Jim!!.......long time my friend............miss you around here!!..........This WAS a fictional write but I have to say it wasn't too difficult to get my head around it............the hard part was trying to convey what the boy was dealing with...........but I found it in the repetition of the 5th line of each stanza!!.........I DO so appreciate you taking the time to break this down the way you have............and usually do (smiles)...........I think most people have known an alcoholic or seen the effects of alcoholism at some point in their lives...........this piece has a LOT of personal experiences wrapped up into it and so, writing it was somewhat of a release for me............thanx again my friend for being the positive light that you are whenever we cross paths........Love to you and yours brother Jimmy............smiles............T xo
For youTone,
Anytime i can place my name and comment, on one of your graceful fcanvases, is a pleasure to me my friend..Have a little health issue i 'm trying to place into perspective..You conveyed quite well, to myself and all of your many readers, your method for your motive and in reality, (in many instances), truly we have accosted this type of destructive behavior, from someone we know, (knew) are at one point, been in some form or fassion acquainted to in life....Sad, so very sad, the affects of abusing this mere liquid can bestow upon, (not only its victim) but in fact the family members, of the victim (the most) as well...
Take Care my friend,
Jim
Tony, our dreams are often anothers reality, you have written this from another source of inspiration, and channeled to a point of view, only an intuitive writer could,
It's melancholy but filled with beauty, and stated in the sence of peace and realization
Keep em coming bro, much love nardine xox.
Wow DEANO!!.........VERY insightful comment my friend............I'm really likin' your stuff lately too!!......pretty cool of you to notice the connection from another source.........love you sister girl!!..........T xo
I favorite this one T, amazing this is one hell of a fictional write which I was glad to see, im speechless brother, such an incredible write. Stars, pinned, loved. Ttyl.
Wow!~ I appreciate the favorite man!..........don't see that often from you...........much appreciated D!!..........speechless is good!!............smiles...........T xo