It was simple enough

boy meets girl

but you didn’t count on little girl makes three

You wanted what you wanted though

Someone you could control

Hey, lucky you…

You got a two-for-one

You wore Mom down verbally

Made her unsure and afraid

And me…

Well, you wore me down with words too

But you beat me down as well

I never knew when the next blow would come

But I always knew that it would

Sometimes, just passing by where you sat

Sometimes, you’d drag me out of bed in the middle of the night.

Mostly, it was for no damned good reason at all

I was only four.

What

was

the

challenge

in

that

?
?
?