The Eye of the Hurricane

You are whole and you are pure

You are kind and you are caring

You are happy.

I am none of these.

You lent me a hand to help me back up

When I was younger my dad would ask me to help him up

I would and he would pull me down laughing and I would laugh too.

I’m pulling you down without getting up at all

Or even trying

So far down you can’t see where you started

The ceiling is still rainbow, the clouds are still white

The garage still smells beautiful

And the writing is still on the wall

But the beds are gone

And so are we.

The life is drained

The cats are confused

And so are we.

Twenty years and it ends

Just like that.

I know that change is healthy

I know we couldn’t stay here forever

But I really wish we could have stayed till I graduated high school

Or even just fucking 8th grade.