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  • 6 months ago
A place that doesn't move from the book 'I remain blind'.

Written and conceptualized by Robert Grant.
Visualized and edited by @rogerpaletti

As we grow older the things that are important change. When you have kids your world shifts to a place you never thought you understand, until you do.

This is a very personal project for me, for this poem was the first time I could write about my daughter and how it felt to me, to be a father.
Transcript
00:00Just leave me under the tree, my love, near that place where you grew up.
00:04So when you want to talk to me, you'll know exactly where to look.
00:08And every time you need to find, you'll know exactly where I lay.
00:12Just waiting here as quietly can, holding hands to softly say.
00:17We chuckled, we cried, and often lied.
00:21Slammed doors in stupid fights.
00:24But no matter when you need to talk, I'm here on cold, clear nights.
00:28I will try and explain the world I see in words on tickled ears.
00:33And when you got scared of those tiny things, you always faced your fears.
00:38You always knew what you wanted to be, were defiant when hungry or tired.
00:42Screwed up your face and stamped your foot, proclaiming as a dancer, you would be hired.
00:49No, the only real thing I ever did in this tangle I call my life,
00:52was to hear you laugh and to watch you grow in a house I made with my wife.
00:56Watched you tumble down, howl and wail the day the skateboard died.
01:01Believed, nodded, and didn't discredit when you answered.
01:05It was dragon.
01:07He lied.
01:08In this chaos we drifted, spirits always lifted.
01:11I had you and you definitely got me.
01:14My brave little one, be ever assured I was happy that I became we.
01:19So bury me right here, my love, in this old and broken tree.
01:24My little girl is up and grown, fighting a world I helped her see.
01:28People of God'sev icy.
01:28For God's sake.
01:30Yes.
01:31For God's sake.
01:31Listen.
01:32Hey.
01:32Meet me.
01:33Music.
01:43Have you been doing this?
01:45Listen.
01:46Listen.
01:47Listen.
01:49Listen.
01:50Listen.
01:50Listen.
01:52Listen.
01:56Listen.