"Daddy, don't you love me any more?"
I asked him as I pulled my bleeding body from the floor.
Didn't I do the things you told me to?
I only have my spirit left, and I can't give that to you.
Mommy, why do you lock the door and cry?
You never try to stop the pain, I've got to ask you why.
Is it easier to simply run away,
The way you know that I will run away from you someday?
They say that there's nothing stronger than family
Tell that to the father who beats you.
Blood runs thicker than water
When it spills out on the floor.
They say that kinship is the tie that binds
Say that to the Mom who mistreats you
'Cause she's been hit so many times
That she can't think straight any more.
Yours is the fear, but mine is the pain.
What did you think another beating would gain?
Does it make you feel strong when you beat up a kid
For something your own parents did?