These drafts I have about you
I can't finish them
I've tried for months
But the pain is too much

How could my family hurt me this bad?
How could we hurt each other so bad?
I have only one line written on each of you
I can't bear to write to the end

PTSD and so many fights
Cheating wife and lying husband
Father smokes like a chimney
Mother drinks like a shower drain

Brothers joined the armed forces
But I'm too disabled to join
I'm a great shot and can take a bullet
What more do they want?

So I'll be the black sheep
The outcast and pariah
I'll rise above you all
But I'll never forget you