At Night

Late at night behind closed doors

no one will hear the yelling

no one will see the tears

no one can help you

these are your parents

they are supposed to protect you, love you

comforted to know your brother and sister are hidden away

with only one warning

"DO NOT COME OUT NO MATTER WHAT"

only five and seven they must be protected

at 10 your their mom their best friend

uh oh mommys home now

be as quiet as you can

she works alot she has headaches

she loves us no matter what

its your fault this happens

the glass starts to break

shes yelling your name

the door crashes open

pretend to be asleep dont move for anything

but it doesnt work

"where are casey and adam"

"where are they hiding"

you say you dont know to protect their lives

she grabs your hair and pulls you from the room

"liar i hate you"

"i wish you were dead"

it doesnt matter your no longer there

everything she says is true

your bad your stupid

"clean up this mess"

glass on the floor alcohol in the air

oh no daddies home now

you start to clean up, to go back to your room

mommy and daddy are drinking again

the fighting starts the threats are thrown

you can hear mommy crying

you have to protect her

runnning to help you get right in the middle

"go away go hide"

when your grabbed and thrown

falling on the floor you realize your mistake

"im sorry mommy help me"

the kicking starts first until its hard to breath

"wheres the others dont tell a lie"

"mommy help me make him stop"

pulled by the leg he picks you up

now the hitting starts until you cant see

"stop crying you baby"

suddenly your dropped everything hurts

laying on the floor, trying not to move

daddy is gone

mommys in her room the door is locked

getting up ignoring the pain you start to clean up

make sure things are neat again turn out the lights

you go try to clean yourself up so you wont frighten your brother and sister

why bother the mirror its happened before

locking the door you go to them happy to see they are sleeping

but you can see they have cried

unable to understand what happens just seeing the bruises

you try not to cry as they wrap around you

"is daddy gone again"

"are you hurt bad"

safely hidden away you keep watch protecting until the end

no one trys to come in he doesnt come back

soon the door will open a new day begins

the bruises will be covered

you just got hurt playing

broken bones will be fixed

nothing ever happened

nothing bad ever happens....