Listen

Something I wrote in High School

Would you listen to this girl?
Would you listen to what she says?
Can't you hear her?
How she screams for help
She's afraid to tell you what she bears.
He whispers, "Don't say a word to anyone
On you life do you swear?"
Her reply: a silent nod
Do you know what I know?
Do you know what I conceal?
It is terrible, and horrible
And no one can feel what I feel
I deny myself.
I deny my pain.
My life turns
From sunshine into rain
Sweat creeps down callused hands
And as tears slip
He does it again
Scarred, bruised, and broken
To the ground in tears I fall
I wish I could forget
Those bad times
When we are all alone
Those bad times
When no one else is home
And as tears slip he does it again.