William P. Harris Sr. Poet Rhyme

Bad Memories

Once I cried
Get away I tried
I lived in fear
So many a tear
My little sisters and I 
Mom would say why do you cry
Scared of the truth so I would lie
Hurting my sister's worse than me
But I had to sit there and see
The monster that he be
Loved the taste of our fear
He feasted on each single tear
Pain of the body pain of the mind
No such thing as a person kind
Listen to the lies
Some kid at school must have blackened his eyes 
For so many  years
So many tears
Wishing he would die
Hiding his lie
Living a nightmare wide awake
Was more than my brain could take
Hide somewhere inside
Each time I cried.
Became harder each time
Life was our only crime
I got lost inside my rhyme
Got lost inside
No one to confide
Childhood
Don't know how I with stood.
The pain
Daddy's stain
I Still close my eyes and see
What used to be
Lost in a dream
Time stood still it did seem
 wishing to awake
Our smiles fake
Was hard to take
I dream it still
Bends my will
Locked in my mind
Seeing life in rewind 
I shed a tear
A shiver of fear
Someone asks are you okay
This I say
Just something in my eye
Looking towards the sky
Still living the lie

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