He Wants to be You

[superheroscoo]

He was your pride and joy
He looks just like you
He loves you
He wants to be you
You play with him
You make him laugh
You are his role model

Then in the evening
When you tell him to go to bed
He stays up because of the noise
He hears the people
He knows something is up
He decides he is thirsty for a drink of water
He goes out to the kitchen

Everyone in the room is snorting the shit
Some are lying on the floor
Some of them look like they are dead
Sex, drugs, bad language
And he gets his water
Taking it all in

Pretty soon it becomes a daily thing
Every night and sometimes during the day
What the hell is going through daddy's head?
What is going through the boy's head?

When Child Services finally comes
The boy is sitting on the couch
They ask what that thing on the coffee table is
"Oh, that's my daddy's crack pipe"

He looks just like you
He loves you
He wants to be you