Thursday, March 31, 2011

My anger

My anger© Rob Hood 2003
WALLS PEA GREEN
OBSCURE THE DEPTHS I'VE SEEN
MY CHILDHOOD WAS HELL
I COULDN'T END IT
I WAS AFRAID TO YELL
PARENTS DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW
ABUSE WENT ON
IT WAS A GO
DEPRESSION WAS MY OBSESSION
ANGUISH, HATRED TURNED INNER
MAKES ONE THINK
IN A PAST LIFE I WAS A SINNER
I WAS HIS SLUT
I WAS HIS TOOL
IT MADE ME A NUT
ANGER WAS MY FUEL
MUCH OF MY LIFE WAS TROUBLED
OFTEN I WAS SAD
PROBLEMS OFTEN DOUBLED
I THOUGHT THAT I WAS BAD
WE FINALLY MOVED FROM THAT HELL HOLE
IT WAS MY SAVING GRACE
MY PARENTS HADN'T TOLD ME WE WERE MOVING
OUR RELATIONSHIP HAD NO BASE
THE REASON FOR OUR MOVE
WAS MORE OF OUR KIND
WERE FOUND IN THE CITY
MY MOM LEFT HER BEST MEMORIES BEHIND
AND ALWAYS FELT THE MOVE WAS A PITY
SOME PARENTS SHOULD BE BARREN
THEIR KIDS, THEY'D BE A' SPARIN'
AS I FACE EACH DAILY TEST
I KNOW I'LL MEET WHATEVER MY QUEST
FOR I AS A CHILD
ALONE HAVE FACED
SOMETHING WILD
A BEAST ENCASED
SINCE I SURVIVED MY CHILDHOOD TEST
NOTHING WORSE WILL BEAT MY BEST

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