Mother, your worry suffocates me still

Sheltered from life, against my will

Your anxious love, a smothering embrace

Even in death, I can't escape this place

Father, your stoic mask never cracked

Emotions bottled, feelings packed

No smile or tear, of any kind

An empty house, you left behind

Now that they're gone

I'm lost between two poles

In fear, but no fears shown

Trying to fill these holes

Their death leaves me reeling

Caught in a paradox

Learning to feel, learning to breathe

Picking apart these locks