It's not Love

He's a drunk

He has affairs

He comes home and screams at my mother

He yells and screams

I hide from him

Hold onto my little brother

I tell him not to worry

We see him hit my mother

They fight

He leaves

He doesn't come home for a while and I'm glad

I hear my mother cry at night

I look out my window

The moon is bright and beautiful

I kiss my brother on his cheek

It's not fair, he's just a kid

I hear her sobbing, but I don't say anything

After a while she tells me she loves him

I tell her that's not love

I tell her I hate him

I don't understand why she allows him to hit her

to hit us

She starts drinking again

We didn't eat dinner

My brother looks at me

I tell him I love him

I tell him that one day I'll get us out of there

Someday we'll be happy, and the beating will stop

Someday we won't be scared to come home

Someday we'll be loved

Someday will come.