Protect My Family

 

Protect My Family

I receive a phone call at 12:30am

Its one of my brothers friends

Asking to speak to my parents

I asked who was calling and I know him

I told him who I was and he told me what happened

My brother was hurt..

He got a broken nose and a black eye

I rushed into my parents room

And woke my dad up

We jumped into the car and went to get him

We pulled up to this house with cops in front

My brother comes out with a bag of ice

And his shirt and pants were all bloody

He had tears falling from his eyes

He could barely say a word

Whatever happened in that house

Put my brother in shock..

Seeing him in this much pain

About broke my heart

No one wants to see the ones they love hurt

Whoever done this to him, will get what they got coming

I didn’t sleep well that night..

He was in the hospital

Kept thinking about what if it would have killed him..

When they got home, the yelling began..

I hate how when we run into trouble

You always put us down..

Saying its not your problem..

But you want us to come to you whenever we need

Well he needed you and you just yell?

I know he screws up a lot

But this time, it wasn’t his fault…

But you still blame him

The yelling kept me up

The fear is keeping me up tonight..

Because the guy that came after my brother

Made bail, they let him out…

How could they?

They broke my brother’s nose

Threw one of his friends down the stairs

Another is in intensive care

And one with a damaged eye..

I drove to work today..

I got out and looked up at the sky

And said a prayer for my family

To have them protected

I don’t care what happens to me

As long as they are safe..

Reviews

[W.Piggy]

This is such a nice poem.
Oh... I hope this didn't happen to you, please don't tell me it really happen. :(
But I really liked the ending, your sacrifice to your family was really sweet.
I hope everythings okay. :) Great job though.

[Gravedigger]

The only thing I noticed is the last word. Should it be safe, or saved? Very descriptive...I hope your brother is okay..

[Matthew V. H.]

i think you meant "safe" at the end instead of save, but that is a moot point.

I hope your brother is ok. If the men cme after him again have him press charges and use the hospital report to back it up!

very good spoken word poem. kept me riveted to see what was going to happen.