Everything's Dark.

Dear Daddy

Whiskey soaked goodbyes filled with

empty promises and empty threats.

Put the bottle down and listen

to yourself think.

Listen to these cruel words that you speak.

Because every day,

these words that escape your alcoholic lips

cause more cracks in my mind

and eventually everything will shatter.

And if you try to pick up the pieces,

some will be lost along the way.

I'm not your little girl anymore.

I've grown up much to fast in this broken family.

Whiskey soaked tears and fear

are never a good combination

for the sanity of your fourteen year old daughter.

This house will be a place that shelters me, and I place

that you give me to sleep.

But daddy, please know,

that this house will never be a home.