A Child's Life

I cry silently of what was once me.
Alcohol destroyed a young child’s soul,
tears for a childhood sailing a dark sea.

Life in an ocean of rum flowing free,
dad beat mom black and blue ... out of control.
I cry silently of what was once me.

Drunk every night he would not hear our plea.
I hid in my bunk, a scared little mole,
tears for a childhood sailing a dark sea.

Divorced, he was the second dad to flee.
My next drunk dad swaggered into his role.
I cry silently of what was once me.

Dad punched my head as I watched the TV.
He bludgeoned mom, a man out of control,
tears for a childhood sailing a dark sea.

Divorced he left, but took with him our key,
a pirate, all of our treasure he stole.
I cry silently of what was once me,
tears for a childhood sailing a dark sea.