My Parents

This feeling of powerlessness overwhelms me
Everytime I hear the sound of their screaming
Even though almost every time
They work their problems out and put their differences aside

It makes me wonder why they even bother
To stay together and live with each other
When half the time they shout and fight
Not knowing how to deal and compromise

My mom's face after it all always gets to me
Her sadness mixed with anger and pain
And my dad's just full of spite and hate
He's too proud to just sometimes say he's sorry

I wonder if it's always going to be like this
Don't they realize that I can see and hear everything?
Sometimes this house can seem like hell
It makes me feel like running away

Love is supposed to conquer it all
That's what I've grown to believe, have faith in
But looking at my parents and seeing them like this
Makes me wonder if true love even exists

At times I feel I want to scream back at them
But instead I just hide out in my room
Hug my pillow tight and pray until the time
My parents will let it go and forget all that happened

I know that everyone else in my house
Either feels the same way as I do or believes
That this is how it all goes down, it'll work out
They tell me to just relax and breathe

It's not always that easy to just relax
As I wait for my parents to start talking again
But what if the next fight becomes the last fight
Then is everything just supposed...to end?

©® December 2004
Ciermae B.