A Child in A Grown-up Suit

The sky looks heavy like it knows my pain

I walk these streets but it’s not the same

I swear I hear you in the wind’s soft hum

It whispers secrets but the words won’t come

The echoes of laughter

The warmth in your smile

Feel so far away

But I need them awhile

I want my mom

I want my dad

No matter how old

No matter how bad

I miss the love only you revealed

The porch light flickers

Holding on

Like it knows you'll never be back

Every step feels twice as long

Every shadow turns to black

I reach the door

I hesitate

It’s love I miss

Not just the place

The walls still hum your song at night

But silence wraps this house so tight

My arms ache for one last hug

But time’s a thief and it’s never enough

I want my mom

I want my dad

No matter how old

No matter how bad

I miss the love only you revealed

You were the heart

You made it home

Now it's just a shell

I'm here alone

I want to walk in

But you're not there

This house is memories floating in the air

Mom and Dad

You built a world

Four walls wrapped in love unfurled

Now it’s echoes

It’s ghosts

It’s dust

And my heavy heart just won’t adjust

Your hugs were a shelter

Your love was my map

Now I’m lost in a world that won’t give that back

I want my mom

I want my dad

No matter how old

No matter how bad

I miss the love only you revealed

I sit in the quiet of this empty room

The clock ticks loud like a haunting tune

I’m chasing shadows of a golden past

The echo of your laughter’s all I’ve got

It fills the room but it fades a lot

I wait for the phone to ring

But silence holds everything

The silence it cuts like a violin string

I want my mom

I want my dad

No matter how old

No matter how bad

I miss the love only you revealed

The holidays ache like a wound unhealed

The chairs at the table where you used to sit

Now gathers dust like a story split

Your wisdom’s a ghost I can’t outrun

I hear it in shadows when the day is done

The world’s too big and my heart’s too small

The weight of life feels ten feet tall

I’m just a child in a grown-up suit

I’m lost without you

I want my mom

I want my dad

No matter how old

No matter how bad

I miss the love only you revealed