Once a Happy Family....

by BLaCK_RoSeS   May 31, 2005


Once a happy family
but now broken up by lies
always fighting, and screaming
but they smiled for a disguise

their father had cheated on their mother
but it was the mother who caused all the pain
their family was breaking up, being torn apart
but in public they cuddled and kissed to put on a charade

the father became frightened from his wife
he slept in his own room with the doors locked
sure, the mother hated her husband
but what she does next you'll be shocked

it was in mid November, on a Friday night
and their eldest son was to go to a school dance
but the mother made him stay home
the father told him to go since this was his last chance

the mother, now obviously drunk
the boy was scared but tried to act calm and cool
the father grabbed their coats
and said he was going to take the boy to school

the mother became furious and angry
she threw her glass onto the floor
she began to yell and hit the father
he began to run for the door

he had enough so he just ignored her
he began to walk up the stairs
she yelled at him "DON'T YOU IGNORE ME!"
the boys eyes were full of tears

he didn't want them to fight
he wanted them to be a happy family
just like back then, before
they smiled, not for a cover up, but with glee

the mother grabbed the fireplace poker
and smashed the closest mirror
she began to walk faster to her husband
with every step she became nearer and nearer

the husband still walking at a slow pace
began to head for his room
he turned around and saw his wife holding the poker
she was so close he could smell her perfume

she began to run towards him
as he quickly began to shut the door
but she managed to open it
and she began to scream with anger once more

she lifted up the fireplace poker
and hit the husband on the head
she began to stab him with it while he pleaded
after he screamed, he was soon dead

the son was walking up the stairs
so relieved that they had stopped bickering
but began to cry from what he saw
it was dark but light was provided from the fire flickering

on the walls were splattered with blood
the floor was his father's dead body
the mother turned around covered with blood
said to him, "come to me"

the son, scared that she might kill him too
walked towards his murderous mother
she told him to clean up the blood
as she dragged away his dead father

they loaded him onto the car
and they drove to a cemetery
began to bury him into the ground
they did it in the moonlight
so no one would see

the boy began to bawl out his eyes*
he didn't want to do this anymore
he cried and cried and cried
as his mother began to fill up the hole

20 years later, the boy turned into a man
the cops had found his fathers remains
arrested the mother for what she did
after the son had explained

although the boy was finally free
and could live his life without fear
guilt got the better of him, he killed himself
that night he had cried his final tear**

[Note: I Got This Story From A TV Show Called Cold Case..So If It Sounds Familiar..Thats why]

*Began to cry uncontrollably...not poke out his eyes

** he felt really bad for helping his mother bury his father, and he was sick of keeping her secret and from crying millions of tears each night so he killed himself to join his father

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  • 18 years ago

    by JJ

    AWESOME job! keep writing

  • 18 years ago

    by Brookeღ

    I watch that show! Good description you told the story with great detail! Good job! Take Care! Brooke~