Alone in my room I sit
While my parents have a fit
I cover my ears from the yells
Not to weep under their spells
A loud cry rings over my headphones
Louder, than the usual upset tones
Dare I lower my Sony shield
Will this home ever be healed
My ears are soar at what is heard
Nothing, not a single angry word
Down the hall to the stairs I crept
My eyes weren’t prepared for what they met
Long blond hair lying on the floor
I never wanted to see more
This silence is infinite
At the bottom lies the end of their fit
I know he didn’t mean to do it
Never before did he ever hit
But now she is gone
It is nearly dawn
The top step is where I stayed
The top step is where I prayed
The police came to take daddy away
For his mistake I will always pay
Many years later that silence still haunts
Many years later that final yelp taunts
I am still there
That site, I still bear
I still sit on that staircase
What lies at the bottom I cannot face
I never left in many ways
I still sit peering down today
In the silence
That eerie stillness
The body will always lay
At the bottom of every step