Life can be a burden, heavy to bear,
When memories haunt and bring despair,
Like a weight on my soul, it drags me down,
As I recall that fateful night, in my childhood town.

I was just a child, innocent and small,
When my parents' argument turned into a brawl,
My mother's rage boiled over, and she sought me out,
Her hands around my neck, I feared she'd never let me out.

My father just stood by, watching with a blank stare,
As if he didn't care, or worse, didn't dare,
To intervene and stop my...