Inspired by “Burning the Ghost Light” by Caitlin Conlon


The Mother
Holds me tightly
And yet 
As far away as possible.

The Father
Longs for closure through asinine attempts
At drowning his pain
In pills and
Liquor

The Son
Likes killing himself
In the afterthought
Of the Father.

But the Father
Is about
Six feet further under
Than the Son

And the Daughter?

The Daughter 
Just wants to be
A L I V E.