Desaparecido

Missing

My life’s always been easy
Nothing to complain about
I’ve got a family, good friends
Something to call my home
And here I am, turning twenty, never thought I’d find
That a mysterious call would change my life in no time

In the missing persons ads
They saw my face in the news
Someone called
To check if it was me
I was left confused

After that incident
I started to dig deep
Into my origins
And the ones who claim to be my folks
I decided to call them both in for a chat
To ask for an explanation
About the picture in question
I know the truth and this new twist
I swear I don’t know what to think
Think about me
Who are you?
Where did I come from?
What am I doing here?

"Son, as you know, I’m a scientist
I don’t want to scare you
In an experiment I was doing
Exactly twenty years ago
I kidnapped a lost boy I found out there
To recreate the son I lost with your mother"

Shocked
The boy was raised
Like some kind of Frankenstein
Like a doll
Of a couple
He didn’t take it well
Left and never came back
The parents searched in vain
He never returned
"The truth was too much for him
Well, why did you tell him?"
They say that to this day the scientist wanders around
Looking for a new little boy to maybe try again

To create a son
Just like that son
He raised like his own
In the sick desperation
Of someone who doesn’t know
How to face the void