What a beautiful family
What a beautiful wedding
How two broken souls
Can come together
And form something whole
What a beautiful concept
That turns sour in reality
Don’t close the door
Don’t shut the drapes
Don’t let the secrets form
Because behind the door
And through those drapes
The beautiful symbol
Of connection and rebirth
Turns to something dark
Please open the door
Stop this before this goes too far
Don’t let him hit her again
Get her help before she hurts someone else
Please don’t close that door again
Please don’t let it start again
Please let’s go outside
Let’s go to church
Let’s go somewhere they can’t hurt us anymore
But it follows
To church
To camping
To family trips
Until years later it’s over
And all we are left with are the scars