My Family Tree - John Vanderslice

Dad, I watched you fall

And split your head on the dock

I couldn’t bear to see

A lion so meek

In the francis jay memorial wing

So I never came

My family tree is me

Angela, sister near, once

Stripper severe

Your husband donnie

Is pure fear

So I stay clear

My family tree is me

Mother dear

Your eyes are lost

Gunpowder shot

Gun tossed, there’s nothing left to brood

I lost you too

My family tree is me

Now I’m set free