Smooth

verses to a song we've got no chorus to

Smooth me over

with sayings that my father spoke

when I was younger

You were looking through my greenish eyes

before the alter

I looked at you and said

I more than hope we die long

before this silly thing we have is dead

 

Paint me over

in a modern way that hides your faded taste

which I hate

like the plastic doll you wanted me to have

while I wait

for the uniforms to tell me that you're gone

and it is far too late for me to sing you one last song

 

Be a soldier

and shield me even while you're not at home

and guarding our three children

you abandoned to go fight for nothing

we ought to wonder why instead

this life we thought we built ourselves

has fallen right before our heads

 

Soon we offer

sayings from our father's book

unto our daughters

for the girls and boys that

we will say have stolen hours

of precious time that we forgot to salvage

from the years gone by 

where you were vacant more than I

Author's Note

This was written to a melody, but so far it's just verses that I'll turn into a full song at some point.