I’d be lying if I say I didn’t want to go back.
As I’m lying on my back,
An abundance of thoughts are racing through my head, so its hard to stay on track.
It’s December and I’m having dreams of Santa placing me in my fathers lap.
A stork delivering me between my mothers legs.
Flashbacks holding my Sisters hands, they’re teaching me how to dance.
Walk down stairs to sneak something to eat, and see my brothers red hands.
I’d be lying if I say I didn’t want to go back.
And as I’m lying on my back,
Numerous thoughts race through my head, so its hard to stay on track.
I see me sitting on the table as my grandmother feeds me.
I wont bite the hand, rather admire the gentleness of them.
Now I’m running across the grass blowing bubbles with my cousins.
There’s an elephant in the room, but won’t nobody say nothing.
And as I’m lying on my back,
A plethora of thoughts race through my head, so its hard to stay on track.
Hey ! I’m cruising; riding a bike that won’t take me anywhere.
I remember Grandmas red beans & rice, cabbage, and spaghetti nobody would want to share.
“There’s a hole in my stockings” I said, but she always had an extra pair.
I can still hear Wild Bill calling me the prettiest girl
Opening my eyes during the long prayer
Admiring my nephew as he plays in his mothers hair
Her stomach round my niece is in there.
And as I’m lying on my back
An overflow of thoughts race through my head, so its hard to stay on track
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want to go back.
When we gathered together and laughed until we shed tears.
Every household had a secret that they didn’t want to share
I keep smiling sitting at the table with no one there.
So I fill in the empty seats with memories.
Now I’m remember this place, and never meant for it to come here.
The real estate I’m on is now a couch I call my home.
And as I’m lying on my back
Thoughts are shadowing memories, so it’s hard to place a bet
Who would win this war the guilt or the hard head
In a room with 4 walls and no ceilings,
No doors, windows, or ladders,
How the fuck do I get out of here?
Everything around me happened so fast, why do I feel like I’m in slow motion?
As I’m lying on my back
I pack this bowl and drink this potion.
Who would’ve thought I’d be the sucker for love
I never showed emotion.
But I feel my heart skip a couple beats every time I hold my Grandmothers hand.
I tend to rethink everything I could have done different.
I’m trying to cherish time, but how am I suppose to do that if I cant even get a grasp of it?
And as I’m lying on my back,
I never thought it would have come to this.
A point where I can’t even finish this without
adding a couple “What Ifs“, a couple “Maybes”
Thinking — is it best to be myself, or what I am expected to be?
Then I think again
Should I have even wrote this?
Many will read into a misconstrued message.
Fuck it tho
As I’m lying on my back
I find no reason to lie.
I wish I could go back just to make more memories…..
-Leighrick
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