A man yells at a woman
While a boy watches
His language is ******
and simple, out of anger

He doesn't have the words
But he tries his best to apologize
She doesn't care, or understand
They're so different

Takes off his shoes and suit
While she finishes dinner
Neither knowing the other's struggles
A question of empathy

A boy does not recognize the problem
Still clinging to youth
He sees his parents in one way
They are his guides to the unfamiliar

He's been learning all the while
Though not realizing what happened
He saw the actions and heard the words
While the mirrors inside his head replicate

A boy grows up now escaping youth
He sees the world much like he did as a boy
Yet he learned from the best
The good and the bad, he got it all

Nature and nurture, a simple debate?
While the feelings inside scream
Trying to be heard amongst the pain
He wants to be different.