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Call Him Uncle

MOMMA SAID THAT I SHOULD CALL YOU UNCLE FOR YOU WERE HER NEW 
BOYFRIEND
DID SHE ALSO KNOW THAT YOU WERE ABOUT TO COMMENT A NASTY SIN
NOT TO HER BUT US HER CHILDREN IN THE MIST OF THE NIGHT
COMING INTO OUR ROOM FORCING YOURSELF ON US WITH ALL YOUR 
MIGHT
I WAS JUST A LITTLE GIRL AND MY BROTHER WAS YOUNGER THEN ME
I DID NOT CRY FOR ME I JUST WANTED YOU TO LET HIM BE
TO JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE BECAUSE HE HAD BECOME SO UNHAPPY AND 
CONFUSED
MOMMA WAS SO IN LOVE SHE DID NOT KNOW SHE WAS BEING USED
SHE ALLOWED YOU TO TELL HER WE WERE BAD AND OUT TO DO YOU IN
SHE DID NOT BELIEVE US AND GAVE INTO YOUR WICKED GRIN
NOW IT IS TOO LATE.  FOR THINGS HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR OUT OF HAND
SO, I PULLED THE TRIGGER AND TOOK AWAY MY MOMMA’S NEW MAN
YET I SAVED MY BROTHER AND I DON’T CARE WHO DOESN’T UNDERSTAND
HE DID WHAT WE SAID AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR US TO LIE
I WAS THE ONE THERE EACH NIGHT WATCHING MY LITTLE BROTHER CRY
SO MY LITTLE BROTHER I LOVE YOU, BUT I LEFT A NOTE 
TAKING BLAME FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE 
YOU ARE FREE TO SLEEP PEACEFULLY FOR WE HAVE FINALLY WON
SO DO NOT CRY MY LITTLE BROTHER AS THEY LOWER ME IN THE GROUND 
I HAVE HEARD YOUR UNANSWERED CRIES SO DON’T MAKE THAT SOUND 
HOLD ON TO THE FACT THAT I LOVE AS THE EARTH OPENS IT DOOR
I DID AS I HAD TO SO YOU WOULDN’T HAVE TO CRY ANYMORE
SHE SAID TO CALL HIM UNCLE…

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A Windy Day

THE SUN WAS SHINING SO BRIGHT ON THAT WINDY DAY
WHEN YOU DECIDED TO SNATCH ME AWAY
I KICKED AND SCREAMED HOPING SOMEONE WOULD HEAR
YET NO ONE CAME TO HELP NO ONE CAME NEAR
YOU FORCED ME IN THE BACK OF THE CAR AND LOCKED THE DOORS AS 
YOU CLIMBED BACK ON THE INSIDE
I REALIZED THAT THIS WAS BAD AND THERE WAS NO PLACE TO HIDE
WHEN THE CAR CAME TO A STOP I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR WHAT YOU 
WERE ABOUT TO DO
AS YOU TORE OFFMY CLOTHES AND FORCED YOURSELF ON ME IT FELT AS 
IF MY BODY WAS BEING TORN IN TWO.
MY BODY ACHED IN A WAY THAT I HAD NEVER KNOWN BEFORE AS MY MIND 
SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL
THEN I SAW THE KNIFE AND I KNEW I WAS ABOUT TO LOST MY SOUL
I KNEW AT THAT MOMENT THAT MY MOMMY AND DADDY WOULD NEVER SEE 
ME
IT WAS OVER AND I FELT MY LIFE BEING TAKEN OUT OF ME
WASN’T IT ENOUGH THAT YOU DID YOUR DIRTY DEED
THAT YOU HAD ALLOWED YOUR FLESH TO GIVE IN TO AN EVIL NEED
WHY DID YOU HAVE TO TAKE MY LIFE YOU HAD ALREADY TAKEN MY SOUL
NOW WHO WILL COMFORT MY PARENTS ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD
TOLD OF WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AND THE VISIBLE SIGNS OF HOW YOU 
MADE ME CRY 
THESE WAS NOT THE WAY I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO SAY  GOOD-
BYE
NOW ALL I CAN DO IS LOOK FROM ABOVE AS I WATCH THEM CRY.
WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME 
WHY OH WHY