Danny Boy

It’s been a year since this drool-dripping twisted kid came to life

Who would have thought or imagined this? I didn’t ask for this

An accident turned a friend with benefits to handcuffs with a negative sentiment

Now don’t misconstrue or get confused I would never leave my child fatherless 

But it’s obvious something else happened that night

See, during her pregnancy she had tendencies to grip and grasp on my arms relentlessly

That kid was kicking and hitting like it was fending for his life or ending hers

The screams she screamed you couldn’t dream, fathom or comprehend, there was no end

Some would say it was stomach pains but something was off, 

Something was different but nobody would listen

She gave birth on the thirteenth at three am, the labor was horrific,

Violent but silent no crying, that kid came out smiling

At that time it hadn’t dawned upon me the monster spawn we, 

Unleashed that would feast on my life-force with ease

From the day that he made his way into our home it’s been cold, unnaturally so, 

I swear my breath is always a degree from solidifying and we still hadn’t heard a hint of crying

I was often awoken by faint whispers and thirst to the point of choking and coughing, 

Hoping my offspring was not actually part of my reality

It just got worse today, his first birthday with toys and presents he maintained a noisy presence

knocking blocks together with letters that spelled something unsettling, 

He just needed the “e” for “death”, was he possessed? 

I smacked his blocks to the floor before he could complete the rest

He growled with an animalistic huff my girlfriend came in to lift him up

And told me I needed to pick my prescription up,

She didn’t know what I knew and so far hadn’t been exposed

She just thought I was nervous about being a dad 

She didn’t believe he was bad because of his sweet infant laugh

The whole time I was driving I was inside of my head, am I really dead? 

Was this my hell to tell? I was almost compelled to bail

It took all my will, fuck these pills, I couldn’t leave her filled,

With emotional trauma and that demon still, that’s when I arrived back at the house,

Opened the door and couldn’t fasten my mouth, my jaw was dropped, 

Immediately I called the cops, there my girlfriend was in the hallway stopped, 

Hanging from a belt, You wouldn’t believe the anger that I felt,

When I looked up and saw that sick cretin kid cheesing at me with an ugly grin

I snapped and dragged him to the tub starting bubbles for a bath,

Without a struggle or a splash I drowned his troubled little ass

I know it’s awful sir but officer, I’m willing to go to prison now that I’m free

Please, put your handcuffs on me, I confess forget a lawyer 

Take me away so I can rest, It’s hard to digest, but the fact is,

My girlfriend didn’t willingly journey to blackness that kid drove us to madness