Daddy...Fighting Again

I locked myself inside the closet
With my ears so close to the door
Daddy keeps beating up mommy
And she is screaming “no more”

I closed my teary eyes and listen
To all the whippings on her skin
I’m always trying to help mommy
But it seems that I can never win

She’s crying, and he is screaming
They throw glasses at each other
I really hope they’d keep it down
They might wake up baby brother

Like last night when daddy hit her
And she kept banging on the wall
Daddy started throwing everything
And I tried to run away from it all

I ran to hide in the closet yesterday
And I just listened to the screams
I thought that maybe I’d wake up
And this would all just be a dream

But here I am now still lying inside
Like how no one ever seems to care
I wonder if daddy even notices me
If they notice that I am never there

I just want us to stick close together
To be a wonderful family once again
If only daddy would be much nicer
Mom would stop sleeping with men

I try to pray hard mostly each night
For all of these bad beatings to stop
Because if my parents ever leave me
Then they would break my heart