Shattered Poem by Fareez Phalez

A beautiful home with a broken family
Under one roof but these doors are segregations
You hear the TV in the living room turned up so loud
But listen close and you can hear the silence

Mum and dad hates each other's family
I don't know what happened to family ties
What ever happened to the day everyone got united
When they became husband and wife

You see, mum and dad don't talk anymore
That's how the family starts dying
They might just part ways one day
But none of their children is crying

Mum and dad only knows how to argue
But all their children are blind and death
These children are the reason they're still together
But how is it worth it when none of them cares

Mum and dad just can't go out together
And the children no longer ask why
Mum doesn't like going out with their dad
She told them once and didn't have to lie

Mum and dad can't be in the same place
Take a look at their family photos here
Either one of them is always not in them
And also not the one behind the camera

Mum and dad is a big conflict at home
Now the children have to take sides
Family affairs turned into family politics
No longer in harmony, there are always fights

Mum and dad really came a long way
But it seems they can't go any further
It breaks my heart to see this family
But praying hard for a miracle for things to get better

2016