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The kids are being too loud
You never understood me,
This is how I felt
at 13...
Losing Dreams
In my sleep...
Imagine being,
Alone
not-grown
but too old
to ask to be held...
So I slipped on the hard ground
every time,
EVERYTIME
I came home to find a note
left on the kitchen counter...
Be Home Late
Love, Your mother
What size are those jeans,
3?
Are you gaining weight?
Tiah, Go to sleep
Take this creame
rub it underneath
your eyes...
You look tired,
A lady should never look tired.
Tiah,
Tell your sister that shirt she had this morning,
Makes her look fat...
Tiah..
I dont care she's only 8
Dont back talk me
Please, It's been a long day
Tiah,
Take care of your sister
You dont want to be the older sister
with the fat little sister
tagging along, Do you?
Tiah,
Are you gaining weight?
This is where the screaming starts...
Naomi, Those kids are being to loud
Naomi, Those kids are being to loud
Naomi...
James, The kids are asleep..
They are not, I heard them
walking around, creeping around
Did Tiah sneak out again?
Go check
Go CHECK
Damn It, I'll go check
TIAH,
BITHIAH NAOMI GRAY
TIAH!
GET UP
GET OUT OF THAT BED
...Where did you just come from?
Where are your pajama's
Those are sweatpants
Those are boxers
Those arent pajama's
Tiah, Are you gaining weight?
Naomi, Your daughter just came through that window
Get my hammer, I'mma nail it shut
Tiah, You like to sneak out?
Try to get out
I SAID,
TRY TO GET OUT
Naomi, Was that Justin??
I think Justin came home...
Justin...HEY
It's your daddy
...James, Justin is dead.
And the screaming stops...
Bithiah, Go back to bed
Why do you do this to daddy
and make him so upset
Just, Get into bed
And, I'm back
to where I was in the first place
an average day in my 13 year old history
and if you mention me
to my father these days
he doesnt remember those nights
My baby girl,
She was my princess
My first born daughter
the key that unlocked my cold heart
and made me marry her mother
I think about my brother
who was born before me
and wonder if,
since he's gone before me
if he's up there
wondering why my father's
lying to my face
He was the only one that told me I was beautiful
My brother that is...
See my father, He wasnt home during the day
He came home nights
Wouldnt believe the rampage that came
out of this small spanish man
and spanish men are known for the tempers
but this man decided to ignore his heritiage
and stay calm...
Until the nightsweats started
and he couldnt stand the images of his dearly departed
son...
And my mother?
She never came home
Until daddy was about there...
She was afraid to leave us alone...
That is, With him.
Since my family lost one,
I had to be perfect
and inorder to be perfect
I had to stay thin
Which means, I had to stop eatin'
Which is the same habit my mom picked up
when she was my age
matter of fact, I think she still has it now
To make matters worse
I picked up
Drugs and the love of leaving
Tho, I could never leave my kids
I told the boy outside my window
to wait 10 minutes...
When I was, Just a scared kid...
Imaginin'
What it would be like
To be free of all this insanity
that caught me, in its web..
Cause Nightly,
all I heard was...
Naomi, The kids are being too loud
Naomi, The kids are being too loud
Naomi...
Until she said,
James, All the kids have moved out...
And, I'm scared for my mother cause...
Where does all his anger go now?
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