Twenty...

Twenty
That is the year
my world was turned
upside down

Mom, a banker

Dad, a(so called) minister

forced my mom to take

a little cash here and there

and they'd pay it back

It became too much

we, the children, never knew...

until...

We were fed lies, of mom

was going to the doctor,

but I knew something wasn't

right, the fighting (that had

always been there) was more

intense

The phone rings....

It is my exgirlfriend's mom

She says, she heard my mom

was arrested for theft

I honestly denied it

(little did I know)

...the shit was about to hit the fan...

We had the news on, and

just as my asshole dad walked

in, they announced the breaking

news of my mom...

My sister, brother and I

were in shock and distraught

but no comfort, because my

father is a self-absorbed,

self-pity of a man, and it

was all about poor him...

...HE, who had caused all

of this pain and turmoil in

the first goddamn place...

We, the children, suffered

and were never able to

speak about it, just swallow

it down, like some awful

tasting horse pill...

...MOMMY, Why?.....

...My worst day...