Have you ever loved someone so much you’d give an arm for?
Take a beating, wipe your tears, shower then put on a smile for
Everyone called me a fool and you a monster
Because I take all this pain in hopes to protect our daughter

Yesterday, you got drunk and laid hands on me
I hurt silently so my little Zoë wouldn’t hear or see
The pain got so bad I had to finally release my cries
“I’m going to **** you”, the exact words I saw in your eyes

Did you ever love me or are you just broken?
I wish the first day I met you, I had never spoken
Now my daughter will grow up and make you her hero
Never knowing her mom’s truths and all her sorrow.

From your mom:
Little Zoë, never let anyone make you feel so scared
Bring you down with their words or lay hands on your head
Even when they weep on their knees claiming that they love you
Just know mommy didn’t die to ever let him hurt you

I hate that he took me away before I could reveal the lies
I hope you never see anything like his dangerous little eyes
An angel is watching over you so never feel fear
Your mom cares if it seems nobody else cares

Don’t cry please, mommy’s okay
Talk to me baby, I hear every single time you pray
I’m smiling now and I want to see you smile too
The past’s gone now baby, everything’s brand new.

“And when I’m gone just carry on
Don’t mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that
I’m looking down on you smiling
And I didn’t feel a thing
So baby don’t feel no pain
Just smile back.”