LULLABIES--rewritten

LULLABIES

You all went on

 I stayed behind

Years  flew by

I stood still

In Time

Drying tears

Soothing fears

Holding a hand  at life's end

 She was the child I never had

As insanity came crashing down

To steal her reality

Turn dreams into nightmares.

Silent cries of a child

Whimperings of a pain

Never understood

A mind betrayed

Innocence forsaken

No mercy in God's grace

Chants of the holy  rosary

To lull into sleep.

Vomit , diapers

Lullabies

Fairy  tales and comforting lies

Terror come to both of us

Find ways to make it better

But the cradle falls.

I wish I never knew

Never saw

I wish the memory would

Leave me now

So I could

Go my way

In peace somehow…