06 Joseph/Jo
JO:
JOSEPH WAS THEIR HERO.
JOSEPH WAS THEIR PRIZE.
JOSEPH WAS THE DREAM OF GIRLS,
THE ENVY OF THE GUYS.
JOSEPH WAS THEIR FUTURE,
CALM AND SURE AND WISE.
JOSEPH WAS THEIR PERFECT SON.
JOSEPH WAS ALL LIES.
JO WAS ALWAYS HIDING.
JO WAS ALWAYS SCARED.
JO WAS ALWAYS BURIED,
NEVER TO BE SHARED.
JO WAS ALWAYS HOPING
SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE CARED.
JO HAD LONGED TO COME OUT.
JO HAD NEVER DARED.
LIVING UNDERWATER
FELT SAFE AND SO SERENE.
IF I COULD HOLD MY BREATH,
I NEVER WOULD BE SEEN.
JOSEPH WAS DISSOLVING,
FAILING TO CONCEAL
JO BENEATH THE SURFACE,
BLURRING THEIR IDEAL.
JOSEPH WAS A FICTION
TRYING TO BE REAL.
JO WAS JUST A CHILD
TRYING NOT TO FEEL.
STAYING UNDERWATER,
THERE ARE WORSE WAYS TO GO,
BUT WHEN THEY PULLED OUT JOSEPH,
THEY FOUND THERE’S ONLY JO.
MY PARENTS WANTED JOSEPH,
BUT WANTED ME TO KNOW
THEY’D RATHER BURY JOSEPH
THAN SPEND A DAY WITH JO.