Yesterday

Here we play, my friends and I
In the parks, on quiet roads,
Games created, in our minds
Here we play, until dinner time.

To school we go, my friends and I
Still we play, and laugh and grow,
Stories told, and classes taught
To school we go, until rings the bell.

Here we travel, my family and I
To places like shops, museums and castles,
We are always busy, when we are together
Here we travel, until boredom strikes.

Together always, my family and friends
Taking trips together, again and again,
We party and play, a big family are we
Together always, until one day...

For reasons unknown, it is time to leave
We pack our things, we cry and we grieve,
I ask to stay, but to no avail
For reasons unknown, it is time to go.

Off we head, a long journey have we
Many hours it takes, plenty stops on the way,
It's time to unpack, for here we stay
Off we head, our new "home" awaits.

This new house is big, six bedrooms it has
Designed to our liking, settle in we do try,
Though not our true home, this feels like vacation
This new house is big, now can we go home?

Time passes by, life has not improved
My school is so small, of friends I have few,
There are bullies here, I don't know why
Time passes by, I cry and I cry.

My parents split up, my father the cause
Our family broken, my sister runs,
My dad walks out, dear mother's in tears
My parents split up, I am in bits.

More time goes by, father moves out
He has a new lady, a daughter she has,
Mother finds a new man, a daughter too has he
More time goes by, how depressed am I?

Another house we try, mothers man and we
I have a new sister, she bothers me,
Her and my sister, gang up on myself
Another house we try, when can I leave?

Father stays with his lady, a third sister I have
My age is she, so alike we are,
We get along great, like a new best friend
Father stays with his lady, but I must now leave.

Of home I remember, often and fondly
I visit here often, for as long as can be,
To return to my family, I feel sad and alone
Of home I remember, for always and ever.

I have moved out, my own flat have I
Away from family, but still close by,
Now independent, I try and live life
I have moved out, but no home have I.

Trapped and alone, I'm dying inside
I hate life so much, I just want to die,
Sobbing and shaking, I reach for a knife
Trapped and alone, I panic inside.

Thinking of mother, I call special help
I plead and I beg, but no help I get,
I turn up the music, hold the knife to my chest
Thinking of mother, I drop it instead.

Through work I find love, he is all I need
He protects me and loves me, as I do the same back,
I care only for him, nothing else matters
Through work I find love, and my healing begins.

As time goes on, my love starts to grow
I flourish and thrive, my wounds almost gone,
Still I feel sad, when I think of my home
As time goes on, I slowly, move on.