Metal Roses

I feel just like my father on his graduation day

Stuck with no ambition

Metal roses wrapped with lace

And pleading around on doorsteps ringing hopeless bells

Hiding under floor boards and concrete water wells

I sound just like my sister pulling off her diamond ring

Stuck with his decisions though she’s loving hopelessly

We know she hides it well -

That she’s afraid of wedding bells

I look just like his father leaving roses under lakes

I know God’s above burning stars

I wish you could relate

He knew the future’s halogen and saw us fall apart

Son and daughter listening:

Untie your yielding heart

I don’t feel like anybody else

And your eyes put my heart up on a shelf

My glasses broke but I still see everything

And hopelessly I cave

In taking chances