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Dec 2014
If I had a dollar for every time I saw Mama cry
I wouldn’t be asking you for money all the time.
You lived your whole life with a bunch of lies
And I stay up late at night
Praying that you'd come home to apologize
But then I realize
Why should I even care?
It’s hard to imagine that you were even here
Cuz you’ve been gone for so long
And what you did to us was so wrong.
Sure, you got everything you need
But no matter how much you beg and plead
You can never be forgiven
For the pain Mama has been in
Why can’t you just stop for once and listen?
Listen to the sorrow that she hides inside.
Do you hear it?
Cuz I hear it every night.
When you left, you took a piece of our hearts
And now it’s tearing us all apart
I wish I could rewind right to the start
When there wasn’t emptiness in your room
When I’d look at the clock and know you're coming home soon
Do I hate you for all this?
No cuz you’re my bro and I’m your sis
And I guess I have to love you
But right now, I feel like I don’t even know you…
Zay
Written by
Zay  Washington
(Washington)   
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