I loved you; I looked deep in your eyes as a kid and you loved me back. The sweet lullabies of
city life eased my soul as you fathered me. You blanketed my soul, gave me hope in the face of
adversity. You recognized me as a king, ruler of a territory falling into ruins like modern
Babylon; the world looked in on our relationship with governmental statistics that you enlarged
with your devilish wisdom. Single family home with males raised by a woman, under your street
lights I wasn’t guaranteed eighteen.