Unbearable

I hear you in your room The words he shouts are unclear But I hear every tear that escapes your eyes I feel every tear that is replaced inside Unbearable I hear you calling out Begging for him to stop I'm frozen with fear Picture clear what he's doing to you What he's done to me Unbearable The sound of every time he hits you Bruises deeper than the skin I hear a smash and know He's vindictively broken something you love Stinging more than his punch Unbearable Children no longer allowed to talk Fearing a beating for simply looking at each other Now it seems clear why he kept us separate Suffering in our solitude Though for me yours will always be.. Unbearable When you said to me Recently Your childhood ended When you were ten When Dad died and we moved in with him Where you summed up our childhood In words so powerful in their few Unbearable Knowing that your sad Knowing that your crying Knowing you can't forget Knowing you feel what I feel Knowing so much of what he did to you The guilt for not being able to help you Then, now, always. Unbearable