Shadowboxing

VHS

of unruly roots

reaching back

to me through time

 

I am just

an echo of you

family hands

run through us with twine

 

tell me little one

what did they do

why didn’t they look

when you ran off to hide

 

he won’t let it lie

he won’t take an eye for an eye

 

so I find that we’re stuck

in a feedback loop

all these voices of mine

in a fight

 

when the noise is enough

I will look for you

always under the light

my dear shadow

 

we’re shadowboxing

 

There I am again

A chair in a school

When I recall him this time

I’ll be the angel by his side

 

tell me little man

what did you do

what makes your head burn

what’s getting to you

 

he won’t let it lie

he won’t take an eye for an eye

 

so I find that we’re stuck

in a feedback loop

all these voices of mine

picking fights

 

when the noise is enough

I will look for you

always under the light

my dear shadow

 

we’re shadowboxing