Endless Rain

This endless rain is falling

Every dusk when night is calling

This vicious cycle circling ’round

Until one is six feet in the ground

Before he even enters the fight has begun.

An utterance of words triggers the rerun,

Of many nights before and many to come.

Different but not the feud is never done.

And the child prays to not be afraid,

As she holds tight to both her French braids.

“Mommy please stop, Daddy please no” but the cry is unheard,

And she’s forced to listen to every word.

There’s no hero to save her not even unsung,

Only her teddy to which she clung.

Feeling no hope inside,

Silently she escaped and cried.

What awaited ahead was pure solitude,

Where all her unheard feelings brewed.

Although alone the fight rages onward,

In her mind and also out yonder.

She hid by the window to drown out the pain,

As she sat she focused on only the rain.

Screams that always poured through her ears,

Were they finally fading after what felt like years?

This endless rain stays grieving

Every day that they're still breathing

This vicious cycle circling ’round

Until one is six feet in the ground.