Hush little baby, don't you cry....
Mama's genna stay here through the night...
Hold me tight
Tell me it'll be alright
Keep me safe, keep me warm
Keep away the harm
Isn't that the kind of things parents are supposed to do?
Those are parents I never knew
You still claim us to be your kids
Or is that just another of your fibs?
It's hard to believe I've been decived
By the people who gave birth to me
If there's anything I've learned
It's that 'parents' isn't a name you've earned
Mother can you hear my screams?
Or were you not listening?
Dear daddy do you even think about your sons or daughter?
Or have you abandoned the name 'father'
Parents are what you're supposed to be
Though that's a side we'll never see...
They say that it's good to forgive and forget
But how can I forgive when you hold no regret?
You pay no attention to the lives you've destroyed
Sitting back, while we're being toyed
Another woman has raised us instead of you
She kept us safe, like you were supposed to do
We're not the same as we were when you left
Maybe because our childhood was taken by a theft
Mother can you hear my screams?
Or were you not listening?
Dear daddy do you even think about your sons or daughter?
Or have you abandoned the name 'father'
It's been years since we've seen you
An apology is long overdue
Though it's one we know we'll never get
So why do we waste the time getting upset?
I'm not sure why I'm writing this, words you'll never hear
Though I have to wonder, would you be better if we were to disappear?
Maybe one day we'll make amends
Though that's a word you can't comprehend
June 19th,1988
September 4th,1990
November 27th,1994
Do you remember?
What would you do if you knew you had a grandson on the way?
What would you say if you knew your daughter was gay?
And what would you think of us today?
Times have changed, and we don't look the same
We've grown older, and don't know what was true and what was a game
But if anything is true...
It's that we won't end up like you...
Mother will you listen?
Father do you care?
It's your sons and it's your daughter
Telling you that we're still here...
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Your poem speaks volumes! I can relate to this in more ways than one. Thanks! ! ! !