Bastard

Mother
I tried to please you
Father
I tried to reach you
Tomorrow
It brings on something new
And after
Falls winter to bury you

Control yourself
Think naught amiss
Remember what
Father said
To be a self 
For someone else
Is to be nothing at all

Brother
I tried to carry you
Mother
I tried to love you
In sorrow
I tried to bury you
But tomorrow
Will be the death of you


I sold myself
To someone else
And here I am
With loneliness 
I loved a stone
She drove me here

Remember what
Father said
To be a self
For someone else
Is to be nothing at all

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