I’m OK

Mm

Once upon a time there was a girl
In her early years she had to learn
How to grow up living in a
War that she called home
Never knew just where to turn
For shelter from the storm
Hurt me to see the pain
Across my mother's face
Every time my father's fist would
Put her in her place
Hearing all the yelling
I would cry up in my room
Hoping it would be over soon

Bruises fade, Father
But the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you
Kept me so afraid
Strength is my mother for all
The love she gave every morning that I wake
I look back at yesterday and I'm OK

I often wonder why I carry all this guilt
When it's you that helped me put
Up all these walls I've built
Shadows stir at night through a
Crack in the door the echo of a broken
Child screaming, "Please, no more"
Daddy, don't you understand the
Damage you have done?
To you, it's just a memory, but for me
It still lives on

Bruises fade, Father
But the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so
So afraid strength is my mother for all
The love she gave every morning that I wake
I look back at yesterday

It's not so easy to forget
All the marks you left along her neck
When I was thrown against cold stairs
And every day, I'm afraid to come home
In fear of what I might see next

Bruises fade, Father
But the pain remains the same (Same)
And I still remember how you
Kept me so afraid
Strength is my mother for all
The love you gave every morning that I wake
I look back at yesterday and I'm OK
I'm OK