Let Freedom Ring

Norman Rockwell is bleeding

An obese man comes home to a "happy home"
To beat his wife and drink his life away.
He stares at that damned TV
As if it held the answer.

She cries herself to sleep through black eyes,
This is everything but what she wanted
And now it's all she'll ever have.
The house fell silent as the gunshot rang through.

Their daughter missed the whole ordeal,
She was out turning tricks
To pay for her b*****d child.
She never tracked down the father - it could be anyone.

Her son, only six, was oblivious
To the tragedy of which he was born.
He just laughs and smiles,
"Ignorance is bliss".

Author's Note

3/26/09