What's for dinner...

"How are you," mom inquires
over the phone, after supper
She's working late again

Well, to start with
my heart's too broken
to be put back together

I've fallen in love
with someone who'll
never know I exist

I found the letters
in dad's bureau
that she wrote to him

I hear the arguments
that you have late at night
when you think I'm asleep

I know my family's
falling apart beneath me
but I can't do anything about it

I want to leave
get away from all this,
heartache and misery

I will never
follow my dreams
because of you

I'm locked in a cage
that's missing
it's key

My life lay in ruins
all around me
and I'm broken

Nothing seems to
make sense anymore
and it's all a mess

And my heart's filled
with nothing but
unbearable pain

But what I really say
to my mom
isn't what I feel

Because she wouldn't
understand
because no one ever does

"I'm fine mom, what's for dinner."

*The sad thing is
She tells me,
then hangs up