All Of Us

I am a 5 yr old girl
Yelling out for help
Just someone to tell her
It's not her fault
But it never comes

I'm a 11 yr old girl
All she wants
Is her parents
To stop drinking and fighting
To remember their love

I'm a 13 yr old girl
Who plays with a friend
All they can do
Is try and pretend
For the real is too frightening
And life is too cruel

I'm a 16 yr old now
Expecting a child
Hoping It's life will be better
Then finding out
It's not to be

I'm 17 yrs old now
So sad and so hurt
All I want to do
Is run to the end of the Earth
But the pain goes with you

I'm a wife now
With a child on the way
Oh how I've prayed
And longed for this day
But happiness is brief
And soon there is strife

So now I am 25
And no longer a wife
But a mother of 4
Beautiful girls, so full of life
A better one than mine
I hope and I pray

Soon I am 40
And left all alone
The girls are all gone
And so is my home.
Many times I must move
Before I am done

Am I old now at 48
Many say yes
Though I struggle
To stay happy
I can't
Even at my best.

All of us are here
We all have our parts
And so many more
For this is barely the start
Of the separations
Within me, they all still live

It's hard to believe
But I swear it's all true
Even if I live to unite the parts
At a more advanced age
I'll still think of them
As "all of us"