Arguments

I lay awake upon the floor
I hear screams beyond the door
My parents are in another fight
No different from any other night
Mama is crying, I hear her plea
She is fighting him
For the sake of me
Brutal words fill my head
“I hate you dad,
I wish you were dead!”
A bottle smashes
The stench of beer
Wafts through the walls
That binds me here
Some days I wish I could run from the strife
Away from this, to a different life
But I know it isn’t so
As I hear the bitter argument grow
Suddenly it all ends
Have my parents made amends?
No. I hear a curdling crack
The sound of leather pierces
Mama’s back
She falls to the floor in shear pain
I cry out but the sound remains
She is gone I know its true
By the way dad is laughing I knew
Suddenly footsteps sound from
Where im curled
I knew this is it
Goodbye cruel world!