for her sleepless nights

Dad’s out of town most of the time 

Her mother drowns herself in work so she doesn’t have to think about her life 

She has a brother who is busy with his own mind  

And a sister who she tells everything she keeps inside 

She has her cut shot and an indie style

Her parents thinks she’s going through a phase

Soon she will be alright

They say she will grow up eventually but don’t realise 

That she aged while they were busy with their own  fights

They stopped learning from their mistakes 

And she started cooking, cleaning and did everything a girl couldn’t do at her age 

She had a smile which was full of pain

She slept crying all alone thinking of what could have been 

But soon she’ll be 18 and think about what might be 

Will she turn back from this world of confined means

She doesn’t know if she will ever be alright

But maybe she will get away and that is the only thought that let’s her sleep at night