Holding onto Stars

A girl and teddy

Sitting there in the middle of the night

She hugged her teddy real tight

And waited for the minutes to pass

Through the walls she felt their words

The only thing that could have been worse

Is if she'd tried to hold her thoughts back

But now time feels as if never ending

And it's hard for her to think through the yelling

Now even teddy wants to shed a tear

But she can't take it anymore

She stands up to approach her door

She's ready to fight within her fears

And then she goes out to the hall

Teddy right beside her through it all

And she prays she can go unseen

But then when she reaches the stairs

She peeks out to see them standing there

And now there's no chance to leave

Yet she stays to watch

As her dad strikes her mom

And teddy wants to cover her eyes

She can't look away

While her mom tries to say

This would be the very last time

But then it happens again

And her daddy had said

He hates what she's done

But then teddy falls down

And he turns around

As the little girl runs

He shouts out her name

While she hides away

In a secret safe spot

He snatches her bear

Then climbs up the stairs

And again he will call

But for him it's too late

She'll stay in her hidden place

Until he's gone the next day