Far From Comfort

It's always been comfortable 

Mom and Dad right there 

Sister is right down the hall 

On the bad night 

Comfort was a few steps away 

When in tears 

Open arms where under the same roof 

There were no worries 

There was my family 

My home 

Suddenly I am hundreds of miles away 

With a man that I thought would take care of me 

Nothing is familiar 

Everything is no longer comfortable 

On the bad nights 

I must push through it 

When in tears 

I had only my own arms to be held in 

There was the worry of money 

There was the worry of eating daily 

There was the worry of being utterly alone 

There was no one 

This was not home 

This is when I grew up for worse or for better 

This took me from my comfort  

This made me strong