Mural

Pressure got too intense inside
Your picture-perfect shell
Didn’t believe no more
It’s like that with others too
Tore this facade apart
And ripped the curtains down
Forced to please them both
World you grew into
Mural…
Of lifelong trauma
Family portrait painted with blood
Domestic violence and homocide
With no doubt, with no remorse
An eye for an eye justifies the cause
Cry of the victim painted
To the walls with one shade
Keep the colors running wild
With dull razorblade
Mural…
Of lifelong trauma
Family portrait painted with blood
You dressed their contorted faces
Into smile with braces and length of wire
Cut the lids of dried out eyes
To gaze your masterpiece with wonder
Instead of opening the floodgates
You took the future in your own hands
Disregarded, manipulated
And touched by your very own blood
Made daddy wear church suit
And sit next to mom on her Sunday dress
Convincing yourself
There was a time they were proud of you
Mural…
Of lifelong trauma
Family portrait painted with blood
Mural…