A husbands infidelities
Left a tragedy to tarry
A secret their seeds should never had to carry
With the baggage of complicitous
Keepers of the bliss of her ignorance
For he was the glisten of their starlight
Now his dark makes it harder to reassess the bar height
Guarding a time bomb, eyes peeled
3 siblings play tag on a minefield
Kids crept, a dog slept tenderly
And their matriarch got to keep her wedding ring
But the truth had a boot for that front door
That left a corpse on the front lawn
Sun dawned, mum transformed to a gorgon
Ordinance, harmony morphed to a war song
Gorged on the grape avoided reflection
Of a headspace filled with poisonous venom
That home broke
And let the cold in
I'm far too familiar with your pain
Now I don't know your face
It's been disfigured by disgrace
That rose has frozen
Their mother eyed (I'd) the pan, it stewed to a pain
Her seeds couldn't bloom for the taint
Flame throwing tantrums and plates
Where sanity shattered into anthems of hate
He'd stabbed, escaped left blood for the finding
She painted a shrine to a crime scene
Wined without dining, arcing to villainy
If only she knew the beast that her kids would see
Misery spread through those cavities
Of a home transformed to menagerie
Amicable retreat they signed that waiver
Returned their mum to the safety he gave her
Forgave him for braving the lesser of two hells
Alone, together in a two cells
She knew hell, she'd fed it every scream
It's sad what they buried for some semblance of peace
That home broke
And let the cold in
I'm far too familiar with your pain
Now I don't know your face
It's been disfigured by disgrace
That rose has frozen