• In my eighth year
    It soon dawned on me
    Why my parents fought so much.
    The darkness of night
    Cloaked the city swiftly.
    I was with
    My little sister
    On the balcony
    Of our hotel room.
    We stood in horror,
    Paralyzed by fear,
    As we watched our parents fight
    Like two baboons,
    Screaming and jumping around.
    Adrenaline pumped
    Through my veins,
    Making time seemingly slow down,
    As I watched my father’s fist
    Fly through the air,
    Like a mace and flail,
    And strike my mom’s face.
    Then,
    My anger took control of me
    Like a puppeteer controls his marionette,
    As I ran towards him
    With tears streaming down my cheeks,
    I was hitting him with desperation.
    I soon exhausted myself
    And fell asleep.
    Life’s awkwardness passed by
    Like a train in a subway.