vigilante grandparents

His grandparent’s artists and dreamers with hearts ever seeking love and strength

Their lives pre-ordained for servitude of their families and selfless behind measure

Fulfilling nothing of the dreams of the mind but caring for him at any length

Putting their child’s children ahead of earned desires and rejecting any self-pleasure

Righteously kidnapping him and his siblings they vanished into the foggy darkness

Taking it day by day they drive west towards the coast and away from their home

Every mile and town passed pushing his lips into a smile of both relief and of bliss

They say everything will be ok now and he begin feelings things he had never known

They arrived at the ocean exhausted and bewildered and slowly pile out of the orange van

The sound of seagulls dancing off the waters top enters his ears and fills his head with song

The smell of salt water rushes his nose and he explodes with joy for this hero of a man

He looks to the east past his grandfather while beginning to wave and whisper a soft so long

So the journey starts that would take this confused boy and send him down the rabbit hole

Highs and lows occurring daily for the length with depression and bullying ever constant

The dirty hands of loneliness reaching from the darkness to pull him in and drown his soul

Forsaking this gift from god he acts out terribly never realizing how much he was wanted

Day in and day out he struggles within himself to find purpose and meaning

His bullies tormenting him prodding and poking around every corner and door

He escapes into smoking and cursing to hide how small he is in his inner being

All the while staying in the cycle that has kept him down and asking for more

Calls and pleasantries are exchanged almost 8 years later to the day

He’s headed back to his mother’s house with no opinion or dismay