she didn't know
so many things,
or maybe just was mute,
or thought somehow it little mattered now.
herself and children destitute
because of his meanderings
some said 'i told you so'
none told her how
to save herself
or what to do
when in a drunken state
he stumbled home, the beatings suffered then.
she'd seen the monster far too late
that he'd become. no dreams came true
all dusty on a shelf
nor dreamed again.
so many things,
or maybe just was mute,
or thought somehow it little mattered now.
herself and children destitute
because of his meanderings
some said 'i told you so'
none told her how
to save herself
or what to do
when in a drunken state
he stumbled home, the beatings suffered then.
she'd seen the monster far too late
that he'd become. no dreams came true
all dusty on a shelf
nor dreamed again.