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When we were kids
Nothing ever mattered in our thoughtless minds, a mother's scream for help soon became the windows blinds...
Pushed down the stairs, shoved against the wall, this was all we saw as we picked up the phone to call...
911 was the number we had to dial and we still waited even though it took a while...
I would yell and scream and cover my ears, as my sister watched the pain run down my cheeks in tears...
I looked over at her to say "Everything will be okay" and at the same time, I watched her kneel down and pray: "God please don't let daddy hurt mommy" were the words she would reply.
Then she she looked up at at me and asked if mommy was going to die...
I didn't know what to say so I told her, "lets just get by today". She put her head down and I closed my eyes, as we thought about our future and where it all lyes...
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Pushed down the stairs, shoved against the wall, this was all we saw as we picked up the phone to call...
911 was the number we had to dial and we still waited even though it took a while...
I would yell and scream and cover my ears, as my sister watched the pain run down my cheeks in tears...
I looked over at her to say "Everything will be okay" and at the same time, I watched her kneel down and pray: "God please don't let daddy hurt mommy" were the words she would reply.
Then she she looked up at at me and asked if mommy was going to die...
I didn't know what to say so I told her, "lets just get by today". She put her head down and I closed my eyes, as we thought about our future and where it all lyes...
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