Blood Drips From Walls

A scream stretches out into the night A desperate call heard but with guilt ignored An echoing beacon of another battle commence As neighbours run to their bunkers to escape its call As blood drips from walls In separate tombs Two children wait in line Hoping and praying they won't reach the head this time Dreading what raised voices and familiar shouts will bring As they desperately hide beneath timid sheets That had always failed to provide cover they need As blood drips from walls A mother throws herself into the line of fire Desperate to protect her kids from his fists full of anger For she knows if she's not there where next he will turn As her blood drips from walls Plates, cups, glass become the bullets In a battle for the kitchen door Whilst trapped inside for now her children's safety she is sure As blood drips from walls Drink the finger on the trigger held Cruel words the shrapnel that went so deep Every punch of his fist the mighty bomb That tempted fate to end this once and for all As blood drips from walls The excited barking dog Becomes the friendly fire As her arms try to block the punches The dog bites into what he doesn't know A scream of pain for a moment sets still time As blood drips from walls Two children shudder as the ambulance pulls up outside The flashing lights a breeze of hope dancing on their bedroom ceilings Just maybe somebody might come and take them now Guilty in their selfish need as they feared for their mother loved As blood drips from walls But as they drifted into exhausted sleep Freed for a night from his rage as he sat and feared losing all he controlled In a hospital room their mother retreated into a lie Surrendered all of them to many years more Because more than she feared the war She was terrified of the loneliness from losing his love Believing every time he told her you're not good enough As blood drips from walls