When you see your mother banged up, holding her left cheek <br />Your drunken stepfather is in the corner, looking oh so weak <br />WHAT HAPPENED! <br /> <br />When you see your sister, hospitalized, hooked up to machines <br />Your mom is talking to the doctor you try not to intervene <br />WHAT HAPPENED! <br /> <br />When you see your best friend on the concrete, now he’s dead <br />There’s a thought saying, “I told him so” in the back of your head <br />WHAT HAPPENED! <br /> <br />When you search your brother’s drawer, you see needles and drugs <br />You don’t want to tell your mother because he’ll squash you like a bug <br />WHAT HAPPENED! <br /> <br />When you see your Grandmother’s name in the newspaper’s obituaries section <br />You try to hold back your tears, but she was the only one who showed you affection <br />WHAT HAPPENED! <br /> <br />The incidents in life don’t end the same way <br />The incidents in life happen every day <br />But the same question is here to stay <br />WHAT HAPPENED!<br /><br />Patrick Harris<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-happened-4/
