Rakuunz

 

We’ve grown now, 

so much that we ended up apart

I remember telling you:

“You’re not my father”

right before the door was beaten down and angry stomps filled the room.

When you called me, you were met with cold silence.

 

Why had your hair fully lost its color when I saw you again? 

I hadn’t heard your voice in so long, why did it suddenly sound like someone else’s?

 

Monitors beeped- cold, mechanical, constant.

You looked like you were struggling with every step.

Everything went numb when I’d heard about it,

hushed voices, beeping.

They said your bones were dissolving

and suddenly, so did all the anger I held towards you.

 

Despite it all, you hugged me like I was still small,

held my hand like you were just picking me up from school again,

but this time, you were smaller than me.

 

The cassette comes to a stop.

The screen turns black.

 

I promise I’ll play more chess with you from now on.