I'm getting older, you can see it in my eyes. It's been breaking me and faking me, this wonderful terrible life. I wonder what it's like to live in a happy home? To know when you cry, you'll never cry alone. Never walk out the door without a hand to hold. To have family love you and treat you like so. But I've never been so lucky, except for my younger days. But when I grew older, something so suddenly changed. Her words became harsh and daddy's never home. I prayed real hard at night for some savior to intervene. But no matter how many tears would come, no one came to me. I envisioned a handsome man, bold, strong and sweet. To come to me in whispers and bend down on one knee. Tell me not to fear, his job was to protect. My heart & my life. No they'd never feel neglect. To fight the tears back from my eyes. When my strength was all but gone. I'm almost twenty now. Still hoping for a change. I've found a man, bold, strong and sweet. I swore it'd make it all better, if he stood next to me. But no matter who is there, no one can slay the demons related to me.