WE WON'T

we try to deal with the madness
the one we have inside
theres no way to hide from it
we just try the best we can to deal
we do what helps us
doesn't matter if it causes more insanity for others
as long as it helps us feel better
my dad beats me up
i drag the knife across my skin
my mom sits there and ignores it
and my brother
well he mimics daddy dearest
i sit there trying to breath
bruised and battered
and wonder why i'm still living here
why i haven't stop them
why i do nothing
but what can i do
its my word against theirs
so we get drunk off our asses
to forget it all
hopefully it won't come back tomorrow
hopefully we'll never have to go back
to our "homes" again
hopefully we'll never do those things
to anyone else
we'll be better people
than they were
we'll be better than our parents
we won't do that
to our kids
we won't hurt them
we won't scare them
we won't push them
we'll love them
for who they are
instead of hating them
for who they're not
instead of forcing them
into things that aren't them
i won't turn into the man i hate
the way my brother did
i'll never be like them
i'll never let them break me
i'll survive this
and we won't
let them stop us
we won't let our pasts define us