The Hopeful
By CC

The searing pain
The burning flames
The drunken bastard
Calling names

This was not hell
I wish it were
As death'd be better
I can tell

This was her home
T'was her "retreat"
Where she'd come from school
But she's yelled at and beat

But she says the pain
Is of no concern
For it is for this home
That for her heart yearns

She says the pain
Makes her feel alive
For it's still her family--
No matter what, it was her family
And she couldn't wait for her family
To greet her inside