Family Portrait

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Pegme

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I think  I'm doing well
Even though I've done it
All by myself
The past moves on
But how have I dwelt
My heavy heart buries
A secret I can never tell
I know it's okay to not be okay
But when you're around
I still don't know what to say
It only takes a family gathering
For time to rewind to that day
 
And I sit
And smile
For our
Family portrait
While you grin
Next to me
As if
Nothing ever happened
They say blood's thicker than water
And that's where I drowned under
They say family is a shelter
But who can I ever trust
If the world grows darker
 
Met you at the birth of my innocent days
But it was you
Who took them all away
Tell me how I could forgive someone so close
When your recollections replay
But what could I do, when mama said
"Today we are making the old family portrait new,"
She sounded so excited, so I traded
Some stitches for some photographic stills
 
And I sit
And smile
For our
Family portrait
While you grin
Next to me
As if
Nothing has happened
They say blood is thicker than water
And that's where I drowned under
They say family is a shelter
But who can I ever trust
If the world grows darker
 
Mom and Dad and everyone else don't know of our past
The darkest of shadows that could have been cast
My inner screams aren't loud enough for them to hear me
And the red flags I try to wave aren't vibrant enough for them to see
I try to remind myself it's not their fault
Because I can't unlock the trauma's internal vault
They all stay locked inside my head
Remembering everything you did and said
Even though the silence gets us nowhere
It's less scary to think the truth wouldn't be believed, or they wouldn't even care
You broke me
And I apologized
You tainted me
I tried to let it slip by
And I tried
To bury these pieces
Cuz they said
This bond could not be broken
 
So I sit
And smile
For our
Family portrait
While you grinned
Next to me
As if
Nothing ever happened
They say blood is thicker than water
And that's where I drowned under
They say family is a shelter
But who can I ever trust
If the world grows darker
 
A shot of a camera 
A fleeting moment of two fake grins
Blossoming upon our lips
Hidden in mine, a wounded heart
And yours, like a knife bloodstained at its tip
Who can decipher the truth
When fraudulence is internalized
By a mere click on one's fingertip

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