I awake to the screaming
That fills the house.
I hate the fighting and seething.
it kills me now.

Don't you see
What it's doing to me?
Don't you know
How to leave things be?

I'm scared- no
"Terrified" is the word.
Next sign of trouble
I'm off like a bird.

I'll take flight
Leave in the night
I can't take your fights.
I'm in such a fright.

And the silence after
Is so petrifying.
I'm trying to understand
But it's such an unreachable feat.

And now it's done.
The tension is so thick
As we all pretend
It didn't happen.