Dear ma, I see you. Walking around the house, Each day like the other Everything I am Consumes you Take my body Limb by limb And devour me. Flesh, blood, soul Take it all back Birth me again, And this time around, I promise I’ll make you prouder Dear pa, You love it when people tell you we have the same eyes Our eyes, the only parts of us that never grow. Eat the whole world silently Despite everything yours have seen- They seem awfully lonely. Like the eye in the socket itself Doesn’t know another like it sits right next to it. But when you tell me you love me When you look at me- I know you hate me I know Because despite all the oceans between us Our eyes look most alike When they’re looking at each other. I know I’m not what you hoped for. my soul looks a little like yours when angry I won’t beg, I promise to not fall, On my knee: but please love me And soon, I’ll be the most beautiful sky. And that way the silences between us can remain Eternal.