the boy

from because sometimes we desire terrible things by Samirity

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Sure there’s reasons to worry
But this is none of my business
And if the boy lives in another house with another me
Let it be, let it be blessed

Does he call him Daddy
Just like he used to call me by mistake?
I shouldn’t think of it with envy
After all, what difference does it make?

But could you please let him know eventually
That I loved him more than myself?
I hope he’ll grow happy and free
‘cause you know he was my blood and flesh

Even though we don’t belong to the same tree
And I gave up on him at half race
I guess he’ll have reasons to be angry
fine by me, as long as he remembers my face

There’re millions of other stories
I could have told him, but I saved the saddest
For the time he wouldn’t find them too scary
And understand they’re the best

Now I have time to be lazy
I don’t have to wait by the swings with an air of fake interest
But I miss the sweet pangs in my belly
The first time he gave me his kind embrace

I don’t have to make him pee
To make and remake his shoelace
But I also was the first one to see
him waking up in a funny disgrace

Every time I had this light load to carry
When I was begging for a chance to rest
Every time he was crying for his mummy
His fists banging hard on my chest

Every time I thought I’d be better off happy-go-lucky
I also wished he hadn’t belonged to someone else
it’s not that I miss the responsibility
I just miss the boy

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from because sometimes we desire terrible things, released December 2, 2015

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