Burden

A thousand miles and back again

Still can't escape you,

Just can't win 

The space between us serves us purposely.

Where do I go to escape my heart?

Started over again but you're still a part of my song.

The one that I've left to sing when I forget the rest.

But this way it's for the best.

Product of a crazy mother's madness 

And a father's disregard

No wonder I find it hard

To find a normal way to be.

What's in front of me will be different.

I won't fail her, as you did with me.

Won't rob a little girl of time to be.

Six years old, can't make you happy

But I'll try.

Brush your hair and wonder why Mommy always cries.

Little girl keeps house when she should play,

While Mommy sleeps the day away

And a baby cries alone.  

In the absence of her mother,

She feeds her baby brother,

and tends to all their needs.

Too much seen,

Too young not to dream

But it's going going gone.