The Downfall of my Unfatherly Superhero
2019
To my favourite superhero
Today, you carried me on your shoulders.
I watched your cape shine and glow,
As you walked me through my darkness,
Hand in hand, until we reached your rainbow.
I was your sidekick, you were my saviour.
Masks on, fists up, as we flew sky-high,
Sparks flew out of our palms as meteors
Crashing onto Planet Earth, a bullseye
Hitting the felons, killing the monsters.
My eyes twinkled at you; when would it be
My turn, to reach the mountain peak, to take
Over your superhero name? The glory?
But I was just a small cloud aged eight;
I couldn’t create the rainbows you made.
Then, you became my villain.
The cape withers;
that silk that hid your rotten
core. Colourless
Rainbows you cursed darken
The skies. As your darkness
Summons more demons.
You smell of new side
Chicks. Your mask slipped, a
Monster unveiled. You ignite
Your dynamites, spreading your familiar
Massacre. Meteors take flight,
Crashing on my mother’s
Spirit, before the divide.
The clouds took apart
My vision, a deadly
blindfold shard-
ing my eyes. Greedy
Hands lynch me forward, hard.
I bleed. You were free.
You were my first heart-
Break. But you will be
My last.