The Unheard Voice

Lives divide, they fly apart
Tearing away right from the start
Causing us to bleed and cry
It shows in our disheartened sigh

I love them both, but they can't stand
To see me in the other's hands
They won't speak, they don't want to brawl
When they hand me off my tears will fall

They've lost their love, they've gone away
I want to scream, I have no say
I fall silent, it's all I know
Crying out mutely "Please don't go"

I was at the lake, there to cry
When he so happened to walk by
He saved my life and for a while
I finally remembered how to smile

He showed me kindness I'd forgot
He helped me remember what I sought
The love that once my family shared
I felt so glad that someone cared

But it all was for naught that day
For he had to up and go away
My smile lasted while he was near
But then it fled, replaced by fear

I'm sick of this, I'm giving up
Even I can't make them love
The least I thought that they would give
Was to stop the hate so I could live

I have not spoken since that time
My parents took it as a sign
They blamed each other, they never learn
And now they fight over my urn