Wrote this after my grandmother passed. |
LIVING IN ME Are you listening? Sans toi, froid est l'air How's the sky? Could you show me where You are right now Do angels sing? Do they fill your ears While our eyes fill with tears Is your smile still the same The brilliance I remember Does your soul fill the heavens From the ashes a glowing ember If your light shines so bright Could you send some down To ease us from our plight As we in our sorrows drown As for me, you see It's impossible to believe That you're gone. How do birds fall from the clouds? Wings trimmed, weak limbs How is your silence so loud? My god, you were everything And I'm not talking in terms of bling Authenticity is hard to find these days But you implanted it in me in so many ways You didn't deserve to see the world like this Lord, you fought so hard The inequalities to discard Matriarch supreme You came out of the womb yelling "Down with the patriarchy!" You believed in a better world You believed that peace could unfurl So how is it fair That you lost your hair When there are so many out there Who don't actually care? Although my sorrows in time will age I know you will never be erased And with it the overdose of rage Your pieces left behind, your memory It's the closest thing I know to eternity That's you Memes: forever here In all the hearts of those who Hold you dear Therefore, how could I fear? If I know the breeze whipping my hair Is you whispering in my ears You're infinite, can't you see? You're here, Living in me. |