…on a summer afternoon

Photo by Sydney Sims on Unsplash

Do you know what it’s like

to have nobody at home

who’s waiting up for you to come,

in the darkness — you’re alone.

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Do you know how it feels

to eat your dinner by yourself

wandering ‘round your empty flat

wondering why nobody called, trying not to get upset

and when you fall asleep

you wish you heard somebody speak

voices in the distance, it’s your dad watching TV

and maybe for a moment

you really believe you’re back home

till you wake up in the darkness

…all alone

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do you feel like the world

is moving way too fast

everyone is moving on

except for you, you’re always last

So you wind up at your flat

Absolutely drunk

Wondering why there’s nobody

To hold you in their arms

and when you fall asleep

you wish you heard somebody sigh

footsteps in the darkness

it’s your mom, she turned off the lights

and maybe for a moment

you really believe you’re back home

till you wake up in the darkness

…all alone

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And when you lay in bed

You swear you smell your mom’s perfume

Your father’s cigarillos

On a summer afternoon

And maybe just for this second

You really believe you’re back home

But you always wake up

In the darkness

…all alone