Little girl lost and alone

Won’t pick up the phone

Too scared to go back home

 

The bottles kept stacking up

Daddy didn’t you have enough

Anger grew, We all knew

What he was going to do to you

 

Tried to protect my brother

He was too afraid

Ducked and covered

 

I ran after him

Screaming for my mother

Punching dads arm

Don’t want to see him suffer

 

Daddy snap out of it

He wouldn’t snap out of it

Too drunk, Too lit

I was sick of all of it

 

Suffering at the hands of who was supposed to protect us all

My brothers knees buckle

Then he falls

 

I swear to him it;ll get better

I know it really wont

Just want to feel safe

Want a place to call our own

 

As we got older my brother started lashing out

Never mattered what it was about

Would it ever be over, I started to doubt

 

Always getting worse

Every single day

Tried to hurt my little brother

But I got in the way

 

It’s a chain you see

A never ending chain

Nevermind a cycle

A cycle full of pain

 

Anger and hatred

Resentment and fear

Never thought I would make it

To where I am here