A Poem Dedicated To My Family

A Familys Unspoken Words

Torn apart can it be put together again?
All the tears that have fallen
Watching everything fall apart in front of you
Hands tied nothing you can do
A family so empty yet so full
Full of Should have beens is what it is.

I sit and look at these photographs
How we’ve all changed an grown apart
No more cute dresses and bed time kisses
No more days together, smiles across my face
Criminal records and unspoken goodbyes
Have changed all that

So in a hurry to leave
Now id fight just to get back
You never know where you’ll go till you get there
But you always remember the way back
Tired of all the pain
Tears streaming down like rain

Sitting here seeing you smiling
My how the times have changed
Now the small amount of time I have with you is limited
Between handcuffs shackles and glass windows
Leaving is always harder then it seems
Saying good bye I shall not.

Turning and walking away is a knife that shoves deeper inside
Everyday that I don’t see you brings on a new pain
I’ve been threw this for so long
I don’t know why I cant kill the pain
Hanging up the telephone is like taking my last breath
As easy it may look but its as hard as it seems.