Cops and Robbers

Lights are on and shining bright
Smells wafting from an open window
Mother's at the door laughing
Father behind with a hint of a smile

Brothers are in the treehouse
Hear as they play their games
Cops and robbers
Not knowing we soon would be robbed

I walk through the house made just for us
Not to big, not to small
My room a slash of pink
Against my now cracked and dimmed memory wall

The happiest place on earth I had once
Lived and breathed the best air
The happiest place on earth died once
When we moved away from there

Cops and robbers
Not just a childhood game
The robber came to life
And with it so did pain

Cops no longer heroes
Just stood back and let it happen
One child's innocence was taken away
And a family went with it

Brothers no longer play
Mother no longer laughs
Father never smiles
At least not like they used to

Never like they used too