Movie Memories
You are made of movies
old VHS’s
collecting dust
holding rustic memories.
You are made of movies,
my childhood made up of big screens
and computer screens
flashing colourful kaleidoscope colours
with you by my side.
When I look at you
I see stories
lining your bruised skin
(bearing your heart on your sleeve).
You are made of movies
but the colours have faded
to black and white images
lost in the tides of time.
(you’re no longer the happy father I once knew...)
You are made of movies
but your images have gone blurry
scratched by the hardships
of life.
(I can’t see you anymore...)
You are made of movies
but your VHS tapes are
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d
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g
your puppet strings yanked
as you fall
a p a r t.
(you are coming undone...)
I miss you dad,
I miss you laughing at witty comedies
I miss you crying with me at chick flicks
I miss you watching classics with vibrant eyes
I miss you dammit
you were never supposed to change
you were never supposed to follow along with mom
follow along with society
You were made of movies
only the best qualities portrayed
but I guess
you aren’t my superman
or captain John Miller
you are just a man
in REAL life
broken down
like any other man
(but you could’ve been more...)
I wish
you and me
would have taken on the world
but now
I do it alone
I do it for you
because you made me out of movies
and I will never
never let that go to waste
like the movies that once made you up.
(I am made out of movies so watch me fly).