Movie Memories

You are made of movies

old VHS’s

collecting dust

holding rustic memories.

You are made of movies,

my childhood made up of big screens

and computer screens

flashing colourful kaleidoscope colours

with you by my side.

When I look at you

I see stories

lining your bruised skin

(bearing your heart on your sleeve).

You are made of movies

but the colours have faded

to black and white images

lost in the tides of time.

(you’re no longer the happy father I once knew...)

You are made of movies

but your images have gone blurry

scratched by the hardships

of life.

(I can’t see you anymore...)

You are made of movies

but your VHS tapes are

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w

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n

d

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g

your puppet strings yanked

as you fall

a p a r t.

(you are coming undone...)

I miss you dad,

I miss you laughing at witty comedies

I miss you crying with me at chick flicks

I miss you watching classics with vibrant eyes

I miss you dammit

you were never supposed to change

you were never supposed to follow along with mom

follow along with society

You were made of movies

only the best qualities portrayed

but I guess

you aren’t my superman

or captain John Miller

you are just a man

in REAL life

broken down

like any other man

(but you could’ve been more...)

I wish

you and me

would have taken on the world

but now

I do it alone

I do it for you

because you made me out of movies

and I will never

never let that go to waste

like the movies that once made you up.

(I am made out of movies so watch me fly).