Hot Chocolate

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Were you there by my side?
I was too young to be insecure.
Played alone on swing-sets before Saturday;
we drank hot chocolate.

Did you ever cry?
Heard kids fled with teachers;
Alone, I weeped on paint-stained floors;
horrified I lost control.

Could you stay with me or would you leave
the room filled with colors?
Colors now monochromatic through watery eyes.
Are you just like them?
Afraid I'm a monster when fear
clearly crawls my spine.

My brain is an altar for a world of lies.

On Saturdays we drank hot chocolate;
On Sundays my dream would end;
On Mondays the lingering taste
of fatherly love left once again.

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