life
Surrounded by walls Nowhere to go The walls are closing in There is no more air flow No one can hear you Like your never there No one can help There's no one to care Kicking and screaming Yelling for help Mom sits and watches As he grabs for a belt Mom doesn’t say anything Until he leaves She doesn’t care At least I don’t believe This always happened Every single night Mom just sat and watched Without putting up a fight Going to school With new bruises everyday Teachers always asked I blew their help away Knowing if I told It would only get worse Begging on my knees For him not to immerse Just laying there as time passed by Watching as I got beat Thinking to myself One day I will be back on my feet The time finally came Many years later I finally stood up for myself It never happened after
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