The Only Son


In the back of the town, lies an old house.
In the back of the house, lies an old room.
In the back of the old room, lies a dark closet.
In the back of the dark closet, lies a dead child.
In the hands of the dead child, lies a tattered teddy bear.
In the hands of the tattered teddy bear, lies a brass key.
In the hands of the brass key, lies entry to a toybox.
In the old toybox, lies a letter.
In the old letter, lies the words.
In those words, there's nothing in the back, nothing in the hands, nothing inside.
Nothing, but the goodbye's of a father, to his only son.