Murderer
I hear something
Something from downstairs
It's a window
A window sliding open
Someone hops into our home
Footsteps echo
Echo on cold concrete flooring
Reaching ears
Ears of the neighbors
Ears of the nextdoor dog
Ears of the ones
Who live in the house
We hide
Hide underneath the bed
The bed of the youngest
For she is who we are
More than three
In one body
He found my parents
Their screams echo in the night air
Echo in ears
Ears of the neighbors
Ears of the nextdoor dog
Ears of the ones
Who live in the house
Who hide under the bed
Their screams make us flinch
Their pleads for mercy
Mercy he does not give
My sister cannot take it
Not take it anymore
She screams where she hides
She hides in her closet
Hearing everything we do
Her screams reach the ears
Ears of the neighbors
Ears of the nextdoor dog
Ears of the ones
Who live in the house
Who hide underneath the bed
He leaves my parents
Leaves them almost dead
Almost dead to watch
As their oldest daughter
is beaten to death
the ones who
who hide under the bed
see everything
every
little
thing
but we do not scream
we scream
he hears
they hear
he comes
we're dead
the murders reach the ears
ears of the neighbors
ears of the nextdoor dog
but not of the ones
who live in the house
who lay on the floor
dead
