This is a story of a family
who despite the world's ways,
were able to stay good people
till their very last days

although she sits upright
she is slipping away,
she can smile and laugh
but everything still hurts
at the end of the day,

she has been bound to
what seems like iron anchors
for most of her life,
first being obedient to
older tyrant brothers
and then being shaped
into an enduring good wife,

she works and twirls the children
balancing both jobs at bay,
attempts to knock sense into a man
who sometimes can't hear what she says,

but that man is also good
and honest, hard working and strong
although age always grows weary of time
so his strength is soon to be gone,

some things he doesn't get
other times he wishes
he could turn back time,
not so that he wouldn't meet her
but so that he could
build for his children
much better lives,

and the children sit there
one being turned into monster
the other not knowing what to do,
just knowing that she wants to be a good person
just wanting to reveal the truth,

to scream out to the world
ask who the hell made it so cruel
why for some, living is for granted
while for others it's a daily gruel,

I'll take care of them
as the world is my witness,
we are good souls
so wash away our human sins
and grant us with forgiveness

for the universe will drag on
and everything will change,
but only once in the lifetime
of a billion suns
will you find us.