Listening To the Past

I can remember vaguely when i was a child When my heart hurt i would cry And Daddy dearest would beat me Whenever tears were in my eyes I remember my brother lying to him Just to save his own selfish skin My Father would believe him before me And beat me up all over again I remember being whipped by his thick belt For not putting away a toy The confining me to my bed in the dark And meals i could not enjoy These memories used to haunt me But they have faded over time I came to forgive my Father When i found out his child hood was worse than mine We now talk on different occasions And a little love cant be denied But that little boy inside me Tells me to keep that wall way up high I learned to listen to that inner child Who was forced to grow up way to fast Now I see all the warning signs flashing By just listening to the past