Lips tightly closed and body tense
She tries her best to hold it all in
Between all these streets and houses, she feels swallowed up
The car is too silent because the hatred lingers in the air
Tears, Anger, Questions, Remarks
This is all too much
She sits motionless, lifeless
Her whole body shaking, uncontrollably
Feeling like she might break down any second
If she were to just open her mouth to speak
The words would get stuck
And the tears would fall forever
Pale like the newly fallen snow
Her hands tremble, grasping herself together
So she won't burst at the seams
But this is what it's like to be home
This is what it's like to get tormented, abused, put down
Blamed for everything that goes wrong
All the money that's not there to pay the bills
All the suppers that got ruined because Daddy wasn't there
All the arguments that started breaking the family apart
Everything was her fault
And it always will be
In a house where no one lives free
