A World Apart

I’m caught in the middle again-
Caught on this runaway train,
No where to turn, no where to run,
My life begins to become undone.

Chaos at every turn,
A lack of concern-
Soon the trust begins to spiral down.
In these lies, I begin to drown.

Stability lost to insecurity,
Parents lost to immaturity.
Losing this child to anger,
Parent and child lines begin to blur.

Tears fall silently,
While the heart tears violently-
Wishing for a peace
Or a simple release.

Family becomes a dream;
A silent scream,
A last plea for sanity,
Cursing the parents’ vanity.

The family portrait
In two, forever split,
A life is shattered-
A child’s life torn and tattered.

Everything lays broken,
So many words unspoken;
A fortress built around the heart,
A family a world apart.