Burning Red

I look at you

Could it be

any true?

You had your eyes

all wet,

burning red.

Was it that

you were crying?

again hiding?

Hey papa..

How art thee?

Are you doing well?

Feeling well?

All the pain

you never tell.

You don't talk,

you know well

you wont be able to stop

all the pain

that flows someday

if you keep

yourself away.

Are you okay papa?

Did you cry

last night?

When we were all

outside

having fun.

You had

no one by.

Did you

let it out

in the dark?

Did you cry?

Turned out the lights?

The pain you felt

last day,

I realized

it today.

Having no one

for a talk,

sitting alone,

long walks.

Would you tell me

if I ask

everything in your mind?

Would you fight?

Would you hide?

All the pain

you keep inside.

How long

will you stay

this way?

How long

will you take?

Always

looking astray.

Not accepting

anything

that might take

the pain away.

Hey papa..

Look at me.

Tell me all

that you see.

In my eyes,

in my hair

am I really a

contrasting image of her?

Don't dare

you compare

her and me.

Don't you see?

I try

very hard

to stay

the same way

that I am.

I don't want to be

all that

you wish to see

It scares me

when I see

that I cant

look at thee,

in the eye.

Too afraid

to face her

to guilty

to be

this way.

Forgive me

hear my plea.

Don't look for

her in me.

Look at me

proudly

just the way

I'm supposed to be.

Hey papa..

How art thee?

Are you doing well?

Feeling well?

All the pain

you never tell.