Father

 He invites her home

With darkness in his heart

She walks home holding his hand

Trust in every step

A heart beats under her heart

Two trusting one

The one whose heart is black

Corroded by hate and misguided pride

Hoping for help

She struggles against the pain

Blacking in and out

She reaches out to the bleak hearted one

What motivates the black one

Hate for his own child

Hate for the child of his child

Is hate greater than love?

The heart beat under hers stops

Her mother wails in the other room

The child who trusted

No longer trusts in her own

My heart heavy

I hope for justice

Yet even that doesn’t prevail

The black hearted one walks free

With blood staining his hands

Invisible drops littering the path

As he walks away from the law

While she looks on invisible on the sides

Where is God?

The redeemer, the just one

She screams for his justice

Against the one who was unjust to her child

The black hearted one

Stands proud with his community

No remorse on his face

Yet his heart trembles

The darkness remembers

The hand of his child in his

The smile in her eyes for him

The ones that looked soulless now

Shards pierce through

Of her wails and screams

Of him buying her ice cream

How could he steel his heart to her?

The facade suddenly crumbles

The adrenaline fades away

He has nothing to hold

Not her hand nor her tears

The child in her may forgive

But the mother in her, never will

The man in him repents not his actions

The father in him broken, beaten down

Evil comes in many forms

Thoughts, actions, words

From strangers and from family

Hidden, cloaked behind a smile

The daughter holds her child

Invisible for eternity

She stands next to her father

Shadowing him with her justice forever...