whatever is needed to be said

Broken Home

these walls crumble
down
from the shouts
on the outside

break my door
down
with your screaming
from downstairs

headphones on
music blaring
trying to get lost
in the lyrics

but every word
you shout
ricochets through my mind
breaks me down inside

trapped
in this
broken home
with you

when did we become
unhappy?
when did you
start hating life?

when did alcohol
become medicine
to help you
forget?

when did our
faces become
permanently red
and puffy?

when did we
start lying
to the rest of
the world?

the outside of this house
remains in tact
but the walls are crumpled
in this broken home

when did everything
end?
when did you lose your
happiness?

when did this
family
become trapped in a
broken home?