Lucy Wangari Poet Free verse

Silent Night

THE SILENT NIGHT
I was quiet
Really silent
Watching you for years
Jeopardize my life
And that of my baby girl
Smoking night in
Puffing away night out
Until her lungs were no more
Silent, until she was gone.

I was silent
Really quiet
Listening to you for years 
Jeopardize my life
And that of my baby boy
Beat him night in
Pounding him night out 
Till his screams were no more 
Silent, until he was gone

I was quiet,
Really silent
Watching you for years
Jeopardize my life 
And that of my family
Drunken driving night in
Over speeding night out
Until the car was no more
Silent, until you were gone.

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