The first nights after the moment that forces me awake
It broke my life and my heart aches
I cannot sleep all I do is look around and see
An apartment broken
A father not my father
A brother not my brother
A mother my mother but acting like another

Fear and heartbreak every day
And I prayed and prayed and prayed
But a door was in the way
and in the end no one came

And then alone in the living room
I sat idly by waiting for noon
For my mom to wake and see me waiting
But now it was time for school